D.C. to Provide $1,200 Stimulus Checks for Certain Jobless Residents

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D.C. to Provide $1,200 Stimulus Checks for Certain Jobless Residents

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser unveiled a program that will give $1,200 stimulus checks to unemployed residents who worked in the city and received benefits under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program.

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