When unemployment claims spiked in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state was woefully unprepared. More than 200,000 claims were filed in the first two months. Tens of thousands of people waited months to get that first unemployment check — if they got one at all. Some claims were swallowed up by an antiquated mainframe system, never to be seen again. It was borderline chaos.
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