Gov. Jared Polis: Weekly $300 Pandemic Unemployment Payments Will Continue In Colorado

By Jesse Sarles, CBS Denver:

DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. Jared Polis says Colorado will continue to pay out an additional $300 a week in federal pandemic unemployment relief, despite a request from some lawmakers that the practice be discontinued.

The three Republican members of Colorado’s Congressional Delegation — Rep.s Lauren Boebert (3rd Congressional District), Ken Buck (4th Congressional District) and Doug Lamborn (5th Congressional District) — sent a letter last week asking to stop the payments to encourage people to take jobs.

Polis says it would be a bad idea to send the federal dollars back. The governor’s office says that would drain between $600 and $800 million out of the state.

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