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With businesses closing because of the COVID-19 pandemic,

unemployment benefit applications have skyrocketed across the country. Minnesota has gotten hundreds of thousands of applications, many from people who have never before applied for unemployment.

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development Commissioner Steve Grove and two economists joined host Angela Davis to talk about the phenomenon and answer listener questions about their own unemployment situations.

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With businesses closing because of the COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment benefit applications have skyrocketed across the country. DEED Commissioner Steve Grove and two economists joined host Angela Davis to talk about the phenomenon and answer listener questions about their own unemployment situations.

Minnesota’s head of employment answers your unemployment questions

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