relief payments

The relief payments were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Farm Forward, a nonprofit group that advocates against factory farming.

The relief payments are another sign of how the U.S. government supports the agricultural industry, which is considered by some to be vital to the national interest.

Certainly, the county’s fight since the mid-1980s — aided by the state Legislature — to freeze general relief payments for the most destitute at $221 a month was no help.

The House package proposed checks of about $2,275 a person, including a dividend of roughly $1,650, plus energy relief payments of about $625.

The House spending plan includes a Permanent Fund Dividend of roughly $1,650, plus energy relief payments of about $625.