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'Mind boggling': Last week's WA jobless claims set record

by Associated Press
| April 2, 2020 11:27 AM

OLYMPIA, Wash (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits in Washington set a new record last week, with tens of thousands more people in the state filing new claims as non-essential businesses remain closed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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