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Washington state will spend $54M to help gig workers

| December 27, 2020 2:27 PM

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state will spend $54 million to provide one-time payments to nearly 100,000 gig and self-employed workers cut off from unemployment benefits because of the impasse over the federal COVID-19 relief and spending bill, Gov. Jay Inslee said Sunday.

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