The impending fiscal cliff also means the end of extended unemployment benefits for about two million Americans. In South Dakota, there won’t be any impacts from that. Pam Roberts is Secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation…
Roberts says only states where unemployment hit double digits got the extra federal money. She says state unemployment payments are currently capped…
Roberts says most people find another job before they hit the end of their benefits…
The state’s unemployment rate has averaged about four point four percent month to month all year.