That means that the cost of a stamp to mail a standard letter will decrease from 49 cents to 47 cents this Sunday. The price of sending a postcard will also drop by a penny, to 34 cents, while international mail will go down by a nickel, to $1.15 per letter instead of the current $1.20.
Most states offer 26 weeks of unemployment insurance compensation. However, at the time of publication, unemployed individuals can qualify for a maximum of 73 weeks of benefits with Emergency Unemployment Compensation from the federal government, depending on the unemployment rate in the state of residence.
The maximum length of time you can claim unemployment benefits is 26 weeks. If the unemployment rate is 5% or lower, you can claim benefits for up to 12 weeks. For every .5% increase in the unemployment rate above 5%, a week is added to the duration of benefits.