During their one day special session, lawmakers signed off on the unemployment extension for 600+ steelworkers. The miners are facing an indefinite lay off, at both Hibtac and Minorca Mine. The ...

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Good news for laid off steelworkers in our region. State senators agreed to an extension of unemployment benefits. Cliffs announced last month they were idling Minorca and partially idling Hibtac.