For the week of July 10, 2010, there were 733 new regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance, a decrease of 114 from the week before. Altogether 10,075 new and continuing claims were filed, a decrease of 252 from a week ago and 4,416 fewer than a year earlier. The Department also processed 2,477 First Tier claims for benefits under Emergency Unemployment Compensation, 2008 (EUC08), 278 fewer than a week ago. In addition, there were 1,375 Second Tier claims for benefits processed under the EUC08 program, which is a decrease of 172 from the week before. In addition, the Vermont Department of Labor announced on June 30 that it would be discontinuing extended unemployment benefits (STORY) beginning July 10 because the state's unemployment rate has fallen below 6.5 percent (STORY), which is below the federal mandate for such benefits. The Unemployment Weekly Report can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/. Previously released Unemployment Weekly Reports and other UI reports can be found at: http://www.vtlmi.info/lmipub.htm#uc