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MARYVILLE, Mo. — In the late 1950s, Larry Gray started attending Central High School in Kansas City and eventually needed a little extra help with the biology course he was

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Congress wants to end a tax break meant to encourage businesses to keep workers on the payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. What was expected to cost the federal government $55 billion has instead cost it nearly five times that amount as of July.

A whistleblower has estimated that a staggering 95% of claims for a COVID-era tax break program for businesses are fraudulent. As a result, lawmakers are urgently working to wind down the program to minimize losses. The program's cost has ballooned to nearly five times the expected amount, prompting bipartisan agreement that it must be closed down. Lawmakers are proposing more rigorous oversight and penalties to mitigate fraud, aiming to use the savings to fund other business tax breaks and a more generous child tax credit.

A whistleblower has estimated that a staggering 95% of claims for a COVID-era tax break program for businesses are fraudulent. As a result, lawmakers are urgently working to wind down the program to minimize losses. The program's cost has ballooned to nearly five times the expected amount, prompting bipartisan agreement that it must be closed down. Lawmakers are proposing more rigorous oversight and penalties to mitigate fraud, aiming to use the savings to fund other business tax breaks and a more generous child tax credit.