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Colorado's Unemployment Benefits Go Paperless

DENVER (AP) ― Colorado has begun paying unemployment benefits with a Visa debit card instead of a paper check.

The state Department of Labor and Employment began using the Colorado Automated Payment Card on Monday to pay unemployment benefits.

It's expected to save $210,000 a year in postage.

The last unemployment check was printed Friday, ending a 73-year-old practice of using checks to make unemployment benefits payments.

The department says it would like to eventually offer direct deposit into recipient's bank accounts.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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