relief payments

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Carden doesn’t want taxpayers on the hook for billions more in relief payments, so she proposes using the Defense Production Act as a solution.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

The program, which was announced in March, offers cash back on gas and weekly relief payments to the company’s delivery drivers as the conflict in the Middle East drives up gas prices.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025

He also noted that many schools got pandemic relief payments from the federal government to help them weather the pandemic.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

New York awarded inflation relief payments worth $270 for average-to-low-income residents and enacted rent and property tax relief.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023