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Mainers Speak Out On Need To Extend Unemployment Benefits

More than eight months into the pandemic, millions of Americans are out of work and relying on federal emergency unemployment programs to stay afloat. But later this month, those programs could expire.

Maine Public Radio’s Robbie Feinberg reports on what that might mean for the tens of thousands of Mainers who are already struggling to make ends meet.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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