New Jersey to take part in next wave of additional unemployment benefits

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New Jersey officials are applying for a grant program to help workers who lost a $600 federal weekly unemployment benefit when it expired on July 25.

But the program faces challenges, and eligible unemployed workers may continue to go without benefits for several weeks, according to Labor Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo.

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