Citing labor shortage, US states end pandemic jobless benefits

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by Heather SCOTT WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A handful of US states have announced they will end extra unemployment benefits provided by the federal government, which they blame for creating a shortage of workers. Iowa on Tuesday joined Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Montana and South Carolina in cutting off the payments that through September are providing $300 a week on top of regular state benefits. But President Joe Biden pushed back against the argument that […]