Missouri lawmaker wants to forgive unemployment overpayments

Several Missouri lawmakers have submitted bills that would forgive people who qualified and received unemployment benefits but then a more careful screening revealed they actually didn’t qualify.

It’s an issue that affects more than 11,000 Missouri workers and totals $44 million.
“I personally think it's unfair,” said Missouri Representative Robert Sauls, a Democrat from Independence.

Sauls said the vast majority of cases were honest mistakes where people truly needed the support. The benefits were designed to help people pay bills and avoid an economic collapse.

“It very much is still an active issue. There are folks who are still battling with this daily, not to mention the fact that they're still trying to collect. They're still trying to come after folks for this bill. So, it's absolutely still going on,” said Sauls. Read more