EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — State officials say more than 14,000 Oregonians have run out of unemployment benefits so far in 2010, and thousands more may be out of benefits by the end of the year.
The state Employment Department said Friday that number includes 3,000 people drawing benefits from a temporary state extension that is ending next week.
And by November, the department says, more than 64,000 additional Oregonians face exhausting benefits under an extension the federal government is paying for. The Congress has debated whether to extend benefits again.
Many Oregonians have been on jobless benefits for nearly two years as the state has suffered from double-digit unemployment rates among the highest in the nation and a post-recession economy that has generated few new jobs.
