Legislation President Barack Obama is set to sign Friday would extend unemployment insurance benefits by 14 weeks for jobless people in all states who have exhausted their benefits. The jobless living in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that have unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher would receive an additional six weeks. States receiving the additional benefits:
_Alabama
_Arizona
_California
_Florida
_Georgia
_Idaho
_Illinois
_Indiana
_Kentucky
_Maine
_Massachusetts
_Michigan
_Mississippi
_Missouri
_Nevada
_New Jersey
_North Carolina
_New York
_Ohio
_Oregon
_Pennsylvania
_Rhode Island
_South Carolina
_Tennessee
_Washington
_Wisconsin
_West Virginia
