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A new $300 federal jobless benefit? Not likely for some

by Associated Press
| September 3, 2020 9:27 AM

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Down to a weekly unemployment check of $96, Fakisha Fenderson brushed aside her doctor's advice last month and began looking for a job.

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