State's unemployed about to feel pinch of federal sequestration cuts

... who lost her job as a manager at WGBH eight months ago, said her unemployment check helps her family pay the mortgage. After taxes, Ward said she receives about $240 a week in benefits, an amount likely to drop by about $25 a week. If Ward cannot ...

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