Virus in Vermont: Thousands on unemployment struggle to make ends meet

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Virus in Vermont: Thousands on unemployment struggle to make ends meet

Wayne Woodard at home in Newport Center on Saturday, February 20, 2021. Woodard lost his job building houses when the pandemic hit and then struggled to receive unemployment checks. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerBefore Covid-19 hit Vermont, Wayne Woodard built houses for a living. But in March 2020, like thousands of other Vermonters, he lost his job, and applied for state unemployment insurance.“We struggled and struggled to even get signed up…