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Oregon Fugitives Receiving Unemployment Checks
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KATU reports that jobless rates in Oregon are running between eight and nine percent, with nearly 200,000 Oregonians out of work and collecting unemployment benefits.
about 200000 Oregonians · out of work and collecting unemployment benefits
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With jobless rates still running between eight and nine percent, nearly 200,000 Oregonians are out of work and collecting unemployment benefits.
It also turns out that some of those people are wanted by police and prosecutors, and they're still collecting taxpayers-funded pay every week.
KATU Investigative Reporter Thom Jensen spoke with one woman who said a system that pays known fugitives while they are on the run from the law is a broken system.
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