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Ineligible NJ Workers Who Received Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Won’t Have to Pay Them Back

By Alan Yu | WHYY
Published February 9, 2022 at 8:50 PM EST
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More than 250,000 workers in New Jersey got pandemic unemployment benefits they were not eligible for, but they will not have to pay them back. That’s according to a report in the Courier Post. WHYY’s Alan Yu has more.

(Original air-date: 2/9/22)

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Alan was all set on majoring in biology, but then he realized he liked writing about science more than doing research, so he left Hong Kong and went to study journalism in the U.S. After interning at NPR and WBEZ in Chicago, he has never wanted to work anywhere outside of public radio. He covers space and all other kinds of innovation. He enjoys comic books, LEGO, and dragon boating.
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