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COVID unemployment surge led to $5.2 billion in overpaid benefits in Illinois – including fraud
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSPRINGFIELD – Illinois overpaid unemployment benefits to the tune of $5.2 billion during the first...
Thousands of Oregon residents asked to pay back unemployment benefits from COVID-19 pandemic
Statesman Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoRowan Hayes, a 25-year-old Clackamas resident and former swim instructor, found herself in need of...
Michigan unemployment agency wasn't effective in processing pandemic claims, audit shows
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA new state audit released Friday found Michigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency wasn't effective in...
California overpaid as much as $55B in unemployment claims. Will it ever get the money back?
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThe state’s unemployment agency potentially overpaid an estimated $55 billion in recent years to...
Michigan's unemployment agency settles lawsuit for $55 million, will make changes
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 3 days agoMichigan's Unemployment Insurance Agency will pay $55 million and make changes to how it processes...
Auditor general reports about $2 billion in fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA state audit released Thursday found nearly $2 billion in federal money intended to help unemployed...
Years post-pandemic, some out-of-work Michiganders are waiting on unemployment benefits
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoNearly four years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, some Michigan workers are still stuck...
Black Wisconsinites were half as likely as white applicants to get pandemic unemployment payments,...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMADISON – A federal watchdog agency is urging Wisconsin to look into racial disparities in how a...
IL paid at least $5.2 billion in fraudulent or excessive unemployment claims during pandemic
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe state agency that distributes unemployment benefits paid out more than $5 billion in fraudulent...
Michigan's UIA pauses collections against 400,000 claimants with overpayment letters
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNearly 400,000 unemployment insurance claimants who were told they were overpaid benefits in the...