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nesses in the long run — especially when federal stimulus funding runs out.
“The federal government is going to give this to us for two years,” said Del. Bob Marshall < R-south-central Loudoun). “Then what0 Once you give benefits, it’s really hard to take them back.”
Statewide the unemployment rate is at 7 percent, up from 6.4 percent in January. While Northern Virginia is seeing unemployment at 5 2 percent, parts of southwest Virginia are experiencing double-digit rates of as much as 20 percent, according to the Virginia Employment Commission.
Nationwide rankings list Virginia low on unemployment benefits available.
“It cuts both ways,” Rust said. "But that’s why Virginia is always ranked high for business.”
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