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Storm not expected to delay $300 jobless checks in Louisiana

by Associated Press
| August 24, 2020 12:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The tropical weather threatening Louisiana won't stop $300 checks from going out this week to about 400,000 people left unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Monday.

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