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Here’s your unemployment update for Tuesday, February 9th, 2021

Washington DC is adding up to 200 staff members and new technology to help its overloaded unemployment system, part of an $11 million effort to aid residents who are out of work.

Hundreds of D.C. residents have complained about delays in receiving benefits and having their claims approved, prompting calls for change from the D.C. Council.

Director of the Employment Services, Unique Morris-Hughes stated, “Agency staffers will undergo training to “improve quality of interactions” on Feb. 17 and Feb. 26th affecting operations on those days.

She also announced updates to several unemployment programs as well as a new program called Mixed Earners Unemployment Compensation intended for part-time employees.

This is great news as this provides more job opportunities and a chance to help out more people in the future.

Meanwhile, a state auditor has found that about 400,000 emails sent through Kentucky’s assistance link between March 19 and May 10th have remained unread and were archived by…