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“Back in the same boat:” Jobless Coloradans worry Congress will take too long to approve more pandemic economic aid

Just as Colorado’s labor department distributes millions of dollars in federal unemployment benefits, the programs that provided that money to out-of-work Coloradans are set to expire and send thousands of people back into economic uncertainty just as they catch up on bills. Already, more than 135,000 Coloradans have endured a two-month gap in payments after Congress delayed approval of a second round of pandemic-related stimulus money and after the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment struggled to implement a new computer system. Now those same people are eyeing March 13.

 

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