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Feds To Help California’s Employment Development Department

Published Jan 27, 2009 6:45 am : Updated Jan 31, 2009 1:29 pm

Sacramento, CA — California has started borrowing from a federal fund so it can continue paying unemployment insurance benefits to the state´s growing number of jobless residents.

The Employment Development Department estimates that it needs $2.4 billion from the federal fund to keep its unemployment program solvent through the end of the year.

This post was last modified on 01/31/2009 1:29 pm