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Three weeks after President Trump moved to extend unemployment benefits, countless Floridians have still not gotten any payments cutting off a crucial lifeline for workers who lost jobs to the pandemic.
Commentary: Matthew Thompson -Unemployment system dangerously outdated
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When you think of states calling in the National Guard, you might imagine rescuing people from floods or providing emergency relief. But this summer, Washington state had to call in 54 National Guard troops to help them investigate cybercriminals who targeted the state’s COVID-19 relief funds.
Washington wasn’t the only state to suffer, either the problem is widespread and ongoing, affecting almost every state in the nation.
Congress recently approved an 11-week extension of $300 unemployment benefits to all jobless people as well as self-employed workers and gig workers generally ineligible for state unemployment insurance.
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employmentâs upgraded MyUI+ system came back online Sunday after several days of upgrades aimed at combining the federal and regular unemployment filing and claims systems and giving people on unemployment what the state hopes to be a more âstreamlinedâ and intuitive website and place to file claims.