{"id":39128,"date":"2022-03-04T12:43:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=39128"},"modified":"2022-03-04T12:43:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T19:43:28","slug":"unemployment-overpayment-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/unemployment-overpayment-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Unemployment Overpayment Mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Unemployment Overpayment Mistake | The Line\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IRzexudxy1g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.4.2022 &#8211; <\/strong>Tens of thousands of New Mexicans are scrambling after being told they have to repay some of the unemployment relief they received during the pandemic. The state\u2019s Department of Workforce Solutions says it paid out too much, and now it wants the people who unknowingly received the extra money to pay it back months later. Our Line Opinion Panelists discuss the moral implications of such a mistake and try to come up with a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Host:<\/strong> Gene Grant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Line Opinion Panelists:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merritt Allen, Vox Optima Public Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica Onsurez, news director, Carlsbad Current Argus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dede Feldman, former state senator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/searchlightnm.org\/new-mexicans-asked-to-repay-unemployment-benefits-that-the-state-sent-by-mistake\/\"><em>State Overpaid Millions in Unemployment Benefits, Now DWS Wants it Back<\/em><\/a><em> \u2013 Searchlight NM<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.4.2022 &#8211; Tens of thousands of New Mexicans are scrambling after being told they have to repay some of the unemployment relief they received during the pandemic. 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