Massachusetts owes federal government $2.1 billion

Massachusetts to return $2.1 billion in misspent federal COVID-19 funds
Massachusetts will pay the federal government $2.1 billion of the $2.5 billion it misspent under former Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration. Gov. Maura Healey’s (D-MA) administration announced Monday that the state reached a settlement with former President Joe Biden’s administration last Friday to pay back most of what it misspent to pay jobless claims.
Massachusetts owes the federal government $2.1 billion. Here's why.
Massachusetts owes the federal government $2.1 billion because of a mistake made years ago with​ unemployment benefits.
Massachusetts owes $2.1B to federal government | Morning in America
Massachusetts is facing the fallout from a massive money mistake and now owes the federal government $2.1 billion. Gov. Maura Healey says the issue stems from federal COVID-19 funds being used to pay unemployment benefits the state should have covered.
Massachusetts must pay feds $2.1B after mistakenly using pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits
Massachusetts must pay the federal government $2.1 billion over the next decade after the prior administration mistakenly used federal pandemic funds to cover unemployment benefits.
Mass. owes feds $2.1B to resolve unemployment mistake
Negotiating the $2.5B liability down to $2.1B is important, but this high cost cannot be simply added to the very high cost of doing business in the Commonwealth,” Hurst said
Massachusetts has to pay back over $2 billion to the federal government
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