Hundreds of thousands of dollars in coronavirus relief payments have been sent to people in jail across the country, and now the IRS is asking state officials to help retrieve the money that the agency says was mistakenly sent.
The legislation passed by Congress more than two months ago doesn’t specifically exclude jail or prison inmates, and the IRS has yet to say exactly what legal authority it has to retrieve the money.
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Coronavirus hospitalizations and confirmed cases have reached record highs in over a half-dozen states as a sign of the virus’ resurgence.
The surge is cases in the South and West has prompted the governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut to issue a travel advisory Wednesday that requires people arriving from states with high coronavirus rates to quarantine for 14 days.
More than 7,000 Disney World employees have signed a petition urging executives and Florida officials to reevaluate their plan to reopen the theme park on July 11 as COVID-19 cases increase in the state.
