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East Texas US Representatives say nay to $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks By Christian Terry | December 29, 2020 at 1:15 PM CST - Updated December 30 at 12:48 AM WASHINGTON, D.C. (KLTV) - The Associated Press reports the Senate GOP has blocked a vote on larger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks on Tuesday. On Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted and passed H.R. 9051, also known as the ‘Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help Act of 2020, which would increase the amount people received from COVID-19 relief checks from the $600 amount already passed to $2,000. Ultimately, the Hou...

California's August Complex Fire surpasses 1 million acres burned By (0) Sawyers with the Billings IA, a Bureau of Land Management Initial Attack crew based in Billings, Montana, take a brief respite before they continue to prepare a road for burnout operations at the August Complex Fire, which became the first blaze in California's history to burn 1 million acres. Photo by Spc. Michael Ybarra/U.S. Army/UPI | License Photo Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The August Complex Fire in California became the first blaze in the state's history to burn more than 1 million acres. The California Department of Forest...