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Lose your PUA? Oregon group sues, reaches settlement

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Tony Ceballos applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance benefits in the spring of 2020. After about a 6 month wait he started receiving them. But in April 2021 he said he ...
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Oregon Employment Department clears PUA backlog, others still waiting

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Employment Department announced Wednesday it finished processing a backlog in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) claims from self-employed and contract workers. David ...
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State employees wasted hours on Instagram as unemployment backlog grew: 'A lot of us were playing on our phones'

PORTLAND, Ore. — As tens of thousands of people in Oregon waited for unemployment benefits, state workers paid to process their claims wasted hours scrolling through Instagram and Facebook at a ...
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Oregon Employment Department fails to meet weekly PUA processing goal, again

Wash. man killed, three injured in I-82 crash near Umatilla, Oregon State Police say A Washington man died and three other people were hurt in a late night crash on Interstate 82 in Umatilla County ...
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Oregon state employees wasted hours on Instagram as unemployment backlog grew: 'A lot of us were playing on our phones'

PORTLAND, Ore. — As tens of thousands of people in Oregon waited for unemployment benefits, state workers paid to process their claims wasted hours scrolling through Instagram and Facebook at a ...