The extended benefits program is triggered when the three-month state unemployment rate is above 8.5%, said Chad Stone, chief economist for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington, D.C.-based think thank. Currently, Illinois has a three-month average unemployment rate of 10.9%, Stone said.
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