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Record Setting Weeks for SD Unemployment Claims

Record Setting Weeks for SD Unemployment Claims

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South Dakota is still seeing big numbers of people filing for unemployment benefits.

State Department of Labor & Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman says they had another surge last week…

Hultman says they have broken all records for claims..

Hultman says they are starting to see companies reopen and call employees back to work…

Hultman says the unemployment trust fund has a balance of just over one hundred million dollars and should be solvent through the end of the year.

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