Feds say 41,000 Ga. residents could lose benefits

ATLANTA - Some 41,000 Georgia residents will lose their unemployment benefits if Congress does not extend unemployment insurance.

The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday released state-by-state figures on the number of individuals who would lose their benefits if the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program is not extended.

Federal officials say that some 400,000 Americans could lose unemployment benefits during the first weeks in March. It says nearly 3 million people could be left without these benefits by May.

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