Pandemic-related unemployment
benefits are set to expire for half a million New Jersey residents after the
first week of September.
Gov. Phil Murphy
has not said if the benefits will be extended.
Last week, President Joe Biden
said states with an unemployment rate higher than the national average of 5.4% could
use their relief funds to extend the benefits.
New Jersey's unemployment
rate is 7.3%, which is tied for the fifth highest in the country behind Nevada, New York, New Mexico and
California.