Missouri lawmakers move to forgive unemployment overpayments

Friday, March 5, 2021 ~ Updated 9:00 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Thousands of Missourians would be off the hook for repaying millions of dollars in federal unemployment benefits the state wrongly awarded them under a bill passed by the state House on Thursday.

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