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State overpaid recipients of federally funded unemployment program millions

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//July 21, 2023//[read_meter]

unemployment claims, DES, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Covid pandemic, unemployed, jobless benefits, fraud

A man walks by a closed store during the Covid pandemic in Chicago, Ill., on April 30, 2020. Arizona overpaid recipients of a federally funded unemployment program $307 million more than they were entitled. And two thirds of that was the fault of the state. Data provided to Capitol Media Services shows that about 68,000 people who got Pandemic Unemployment Assistance received more than they were entitled. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

State overpaid recipients of federally funded unemployment program millions

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//July 21, 2023//[read_meter]

Arizona overpaid recipients of a federally funded unemployment program $307 million more than they were entitled. And two thirds of that was the fault of the state. Data provided to...

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