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Unemployment spikes as COVID-19 bites into Minnesota economy

by Associated Press
| March 18, 2020 3:03 PM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — New applications for unemployment insurance in Minnesota for the week topped 50,000 on Wednesday as closures on bars, restaurants and other businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19 took a toll on the state's economy.

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