Rep. Ryan M. Fecteau, D-Biddeford, asks the Government Oversight Committee to look into the rollout of the new state unemployment compensation system during a meeting of the committee on Friday in the Burton M. Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Rep. Jeffery Pierce, R-Dresden, right, asks a question during a meeting of the Government Oversight Committee on Friday in the Cross State Office Building in Augusta. Pierce voted against having the Department of Labor and its unemployment filing system investigated.
Rep. Ryan M. Fecteau, D-Biddeford, left, presents his arguments for investigating the Department of Labor and its unemployment claims system Friday during a meeting of the Government Oversight Committee in the Burton M. Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability Director Beth Ashcroft speaks on Friday during a meeting of the Government Oversight Committee in the Burton M. Cross State Office Building in Augusta. OPEGA will conduct the investigation into the Department of Labor and its unemployment filing system.
Sen. Nate Libby, D-Lewiston, right, asks a question Friday during a meeting of the Government Oversight Committee in the Burton M. Cross State Office Building in Augusta. Libby voted in favor of investigating the Department of Labor and its unemployment filing system.
Co-chairman Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, left, counts votes as co-chairwoman Anne-Marie Mastraccio, D-Sanford, and other members vote to look into the rollout of the state Department of Labor's new unemployment compensation system during a meeting Friday of the Government Oversight Committee in the Burton M. Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
Co-chairman Sen. Roger Katz, R-Augusta, speaks on Friday during a meeting of the Government Oversight Committee in the Burton M. Cross State Office Building in Augusta.
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