COVID RELIEF CHECKS

The latest round of checks from the recently passed Pandemic Relief Package could begin arriving next week. Americans will receive up to $600 from the federal government to help ease the financial burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, about half of what millions of Americans received last spring under the previous relief package. Families with dependent children will be eligible for a $600 check for each child, so a family of four would receive up to $2,400. However, the payments will start to phase out for Americans who earn more than $75,000 a year. The government will begin sending the money out by direct deposit next week.