WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut's Labor Department says the maximum unemployment insurance benefit is rising to $573 a week.
The $18 increase is to take effect Sunday. The benefit is set by the state legislature and is based on average manufacturing wages.
An increase is limited by law to $18 a year, or 60 percent of the average wage, whichever is less.
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