Tamara Chuang

Business/Technology Reporter

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At least 619 federal workers in Colorado have filed a claim for state unemployment benefits since Oct. 1, the day the government shutdown began, according to state labor officials.

Not all claims are part of the federal funding lapse, though. The start of the shutdown coincided with the culmination of the deferred resignation program that President Donald Trump announced in January. About 154,000 reportedly took the offer , which allowed federal employees to quit their jobs but get paid through Sept. 30. They may b

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