LINCOLN - Because of the number of people who have lost jobs either temporarily or permanently due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state is now offering extended unemployment benefits for the first time in nearly 40 years.

The Nebraska Department of Labor said Monday the people who exhaust their regular unemployment benefits and/or Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefits will be eligible for an additional 13 weeks of benefits. The weekly benefit amount will be the same as what people received for regular unemployment compensation.

Typically, you can get no more than 26 weeks of unemployment benefits during a 12-month period.

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