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DFL: Unemployment insurance for hourly school workers restored, GOP push to repeal called "cruel"
Summary
DFL lawmakers defended a recent expansion of unemployment insurance eligibility to hourly school workers, saying the change reduced staff shortages and cost less than expected; they accused Republicans of trying to roll back the benefit.
A group of DFL lawmakers said an expansion of unemployment insurance eligibility for hourly school workers has been “life changing” for bus drivers, paras and others who feed and educate children — and they accused House Republicans of pushing to revoke that access.
Representative Grama Greenman, who identified herself as a Minneapolis lawmaker, said the change removed…
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