For those refugees who might not have heard:

Governor M. Jodi Rell announced today that the state Labor Department is updating its records for unemployed individuals who have exhausted the 33 weeks of federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC08) and are eligible for the 13 weeks of Extended Benefits (EB).
 
According to Governor Rell, eligible claimants will automatically receive the additional 13 weeks of EB unemployment benefits. Those claimants who were among the first to begin receiving EUC08 are this week exhausting their 33 weeks of emergency benefits, with the first payable week of EB to begin the week ending April 18.