Some Connecticut prison inmates are eligible for stimulus money. The trick is making sure they know how to apply.
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House approves new pandemic bill with stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment benefits
While bill will be rejected by the GOP-led Senate, Pelosi called a ‘proffer’ to the White House in negotiations.
Himes helped establish the New Dems, but some have split with him over Pelosi’s role in stimulus talks
Himes said he understands fellow Democrats feel there’s urgency to have a stimulus deal, but he supports Pelosi’s hardline stance.
As pandemic surges, Congress pressed to take up new stimulus bill that would send billions of dollars to individuals, states
An extension of federal unemployment benefits, another round of stimulus checks and hazard pay are on the table.
Larson, Tong tackling nursing home attempts to seize resident’s stimulus checks
The Trump administration has warned long-term care facilities they can be prosecuted if they seize the payments.
Lamont: Extending $600-a-week federal jobless benefit may ‘discourage work’
An extension of federal unemployment benefits until 2021? ‘I don’t think we need that,’ the governor said.
U.S. House approves new stimulus payments, billions for states, in massive coronavirus bill
Many HEROES Act provisions are likely to be dropped or scaled back to win Senate and White House support.
In new stimulus bill, Pelosi rejects Blumenthal-sponsored paycheck guarantee proposal
House progressives want to hold up the vote for the HEROES Act, in part because the paycheck provision isn’t included.
House Dems propose new $1,200 stimulus checks, billions for states, renters, and essential workers
Connecticut Democrats support the $3 trillion bill, but Republicans say the ‘wish list’ is DOA.
CT DOL is processing $600 stimulus checks for unemployed
Tweaks to Connecticut’s unemployment computer system will allow the payment of $600 stimulus checks.
Himes: COVID-19 leaves Fairfield County ‘one step ahead of the tiger’
Himes has abandoned traditional duties to plead for hospital supplies and reach out in Spanish to his district’s hardest-hit residents.
CT lawmakers win feud with IRS over seniors’ coronavirus stimulus checks
The Treasury Department reversed itself on requiring low-income seniors to file tax returns to receive $1,200 stimulus checks.