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AP survey: States uncommitted to Trump's unemployment boost

by Associated Press
| August 17, 2020 2:03 PM

President Donald Trump’s plan to offer a stripped-down boost in unemployment benefits to millions of Americans amid the coronavirus outbreak has found little traction among the states, which would have to pay a quarter of the cost to deliver the maximum benefit.

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