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Ledger photo illustration by Bryan M. Richter

Ledger photo illustration by Bryan M. Richter

State jobless fund could be stretched thin

OKLAHOMA CITY – The state unemployment insurance trust fund is brimming with a little over a billion dollars. Over the last 21 years, the trust fund balance has never dipped below a third of a billion dollars, while the highest five-year average payout of benefits was $340.