How much money do people on unemployment receive in Rhode Island?
A. Anywhere from $68 to $551 per week if they don’t have dependents, and up to $688 per week with five or more dependents. Q. What exactly did the Senate vote to do Tuesday? A. This gets complicated, but the legislation that senators voted on Tuesday will restart the federal Extended Unemployment Compensation (EUC) program, which provides as many as 53 extra weeks of benefits. Those are in addition to the basic 26 weeks that is always available, which is known as Unemployment Insurance (UI). (Technically, senators voted only to end debate on the legislation; an actual vote on the measure is expected tonight. If it passes, then the House of Representatives needs to approve it, which is expected to happen Wednesday. The bill would then go to President Obama for his signature.) The EUC program had expired on June 2 after senators failed to come to an agreement on extending it. The legislation senators voted on Tuesday would extend the program until Nov. 30. In addition, it will make benef
