Stimulus hiring will later expand state obligations
Benefits fund deficit to increase when most jobs end in two years
Posted: August 13, 2009 at 6:23 a.m.
State Sen. Sue Madison, D-Fayetteville, listens as Michael Brown, legislative analyst with the state Bureau of Legislative Research, updates the status of federal stimulus money allocated to Arkansas on Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Northwest Arkansas in Springdale.
The $2.16 billion that Arkansas receives from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will spur hiring in the state, but two years from now, when a majority of the temporary jobs end, it will cost the state more for unemployment benefits, a state representative said Wednesday.
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