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The Missouri House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that aims to waive repayment of about 80% of the unemployment money the state said it overpaid people last year.
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The state is demanding that more than 46,000 people pay back money the state said it mistakenly overpaid them last year.
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The Missouri Department of Labor is asking recipients for reimbursement of unemployment compensation it mistakenly paid out in 2020.
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The Missouri Department of Labor is asking recipients to refund unemployment compensation it mistakenly paid out and the story of how a green liquor paved the way for wine to become the beverage of France.
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The Missouri Department of Labor is demanding 46,000 Missourians pay back unemployment benefits it later determined they received by mistake.
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Letters from the Department of Labor indicate it's trying to recoup money it accidently overpaid to out-of-work people.
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The Kansas Department of Labor has blocked more than 100,000 fraudulent claims during the pandemic.
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A massive backlog of unemployment claims, and the state's struggle to verify them, has left people already without jobs lacking the benefit checks that might have gotten in normal times.
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Unemployed Kansas Citians are hurting more now that a $600-weekly unemployment supplement from the federal government has ended.
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Jobless claims in Kansas and Missouri continue to soar and federal unemployment benefits are expiring, some residents of Kansas City's most dangerous neighborhoods could be eligible for a free Ring doorbell, and what we know about a possible COVID-19 vaccine.
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For KCUR's ongoing series "The Next Normal," hear stories of people who have been unexpectedly laid off and worrying about mortgages, food and medical bills as Congress plays politics over federal pandemic unemployment assistance.
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People had trouble applying for benefits both over the phone and on the Kansas Department of Labor’s website.