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NJ Jobless Claims Surpass 1 Million
More than a million people have filed unemployment claims in New Jersey during the COVID-19 pandemic, state officials said. "This is an unemployment crisis unlike that which we have ever seen," Gov. Phil Murphy said during a news briefing on Thursday. Weekly jobless claims are, literally, many times more than the state Labor Department has historically dealt with across entire months, Murphy said. Murphy described the coronavirus epidemic as a "once in forever" health-care crisis and economic crisis. In two months, New Jersey has paid out $1.9 billion in state and federal assistance to 70…