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California lawmakers slam employment agency for slow payouts

by Associated Press
| July 30, 2020 5:03 PM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers accused the leader of the state's unemployment department of failing the public in a tense hearing Thursday that featured stories of people waiting weeks or months to receive their benefits after losing their jobs because of the pandemic.

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