Kansas to debut new unemployment insurance system [Video]

SEE THEM FIRST ON KMBC DOT COM. LISA, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU’RE OWED? SOMEWHERE OVER 8000. WE DON’T THINK THAT WE’RE EVER GOING TO GET OUR MONEY. AND IT’S IT’S THE SAME THING ALL DAY, EVERY DAY. YEARS OF REPORTING YIELDING RESULTS. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES HAS COVERED THE STORIES OF KANSANS FIGHTING A DECADES OLD SYSTEM, MAKING IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THEIR MONEY, AND NOW A STATE UNEMPLOYMENT OVERHAUL IS COMING. AND WE’RE JOINED BY INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER MATT FLEENER AND YOU STARTED TELLING THESE STORIES FOUR YEARS AGO, AND NOW KANSAS HAS A NEW UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM. YEAH, IT WAS REALLY A WEB OF COMPLICATED COMPUTER CODING THAT LED TO FRUSTRATED CUSTOMERS. AND NOW A BRAND NEW SYSTEM WILL ROLL OUT STARTING NEXT WEEK. I FEEL GREAT ABOUT IT. CONFIDENCE FROM THE TOP LEADER OF THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. AFTER YEARS OF TROUBLE WITH THE KANSAS UNEMPLOYMENT …