Senate panel takes up $16 billion relief proposal

Members of the Senate Finance Committee on Monday considered how to spend another $16.3 billion in federal COVID aid funds, most of which would go towards shoring up the state's unemployment insurance system. As presented, SB 8 would appropriate $7.2 billion to cover employers' increased unemployment insurance liabilities due to pandemicrelated layoffs. It would also spend $3 billion to pay for...

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