Congressional leaders strike a long-awaited stimulus deal: $600 checks and $300 federal weekly unemployment benefits for Americans
Congressional leaders strike a long-awaited stimulus deal: $600 checks and $300 federal weekly unemployment benefits for Americans
Joseph Zeballos-RoigDec 21, 2020, 18:59 IST
From left to right: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck SchumerBrendan Smialowski/Pool via AP
Top congressional leaders clinched a stimulus deal on Sunday after months of on-again, off-again negotiations.
The federal coronavirus relief package will contain $600 checks and $300 in added weekly unemployment benefits.
Votes on the package are expected to take place Monday.
Congressional leaders on Sunday struck a long-awaited deal on a $900 billion federal rescue package, clearing final policy hurdles and paving the way for passage in the House and the Senate amid an especially dark stretch of the coronavirus pandem
Audit: Inadequate control to prevent state unemployment scam
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Audit: Inadequate control to prevent Washington unemployment scam By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press
Published: December 18, 2020, 1:58pm
Share: This photo shows a sign at the headquarters for Washington state s Employment Security Department Tuesday, May 26, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
SPOKANE The state Employment Security Department did not have adequate controls to prevent a slew of illegal unemployment insurance claims last spring that totaled about $600 million and grew into the largest fraud in state history, the Washington State Auditor said Friday.
The first of five audits expected on the scandal provided the first accounting of the circumstances surrounding schemes that targeted Washington state’s unemployment benefits as the coronavirus pandemic was growing. The remaining audits are due next year.
TULLY OLSON
With the arrival of the holiday season this year, the cardinal rule in Montana shines brighter than ever, like the star on top of my Christmas tree:
We help our neighbors and community in trying times of need.
A slight wave as two cars pass on the highway isnât just a friendly greeting to a stranger, but a promise that if I break down in a blizzard outside Two Dot, I wonât be stranded alone for long. And if Iâve been blessed to earn well and cover rent and bills, I know Iâm not the only one tipping 20, 30, 40% to a waiter, delivery driver or barista.