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1 in 5 Washington workers have filed unemployment claims

by Associated Press
| May 2, 2020 12:03 AM

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — One in five workers in Washington have filed unemployment benefit claims since March, and nearly $1.5 billion in benefits have been paid out in that time frame, including federal money that has increased weekly payments in response to the coronavirus pandemic, state officials said Thursday.

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