Kaine proposes using stimulus money for jobless benefits (Richmond Times-Dispatch)

Likening the nation’s economic condition to the Great Depression, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine yesterday proposed a stimulus-backed expansion and extension of unemployment benefits, health insurance and food stamps for out-of-work Virginians. Kaine also said he would sign the recession-revised two-year, $77 billion budget passed last month by the General Assembly, making only a few revisions. Those are …

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