Massachusetts must pay feds $2.1B after mistakenly using pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits
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Massachusetts must pay $2.1 billion over the next decade after the prior administration mistakenly used federal funds to cover unemployment benefits.
In 2023, Healey announced that her administration uncovered that the prior administration improperly used about $2.5 billion in federal pandemic relief funds to cover unemployment benefits that should have been funded by the state.
The total liability exceeded $3 billion, including fees and interest, according to Healey’s office. Negotiations with the U.S. Department of Labor dropped the total owed to $2.1 billion over the next decade.
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