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Stateside: Record unemployment claims; COVID-19 disrupts agribusiness; stimulus checks delays
Today on Stateside , we check in on Michigan’s farm scene and see how food producers are doing amid the pandemic. Plus, how the state unemployment office is handling a huge surge in the number of people applying for benefits.