Millions of Americans still may be eligible for stimulus check
In California alone, more than 1 million people have yet to claim the emergency relief payments.
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Aimee Picchi is associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has been published by national news outlets including USA Today and Consumer Reports. Aimee frequently writes about retirement, and has been a National Press Foundation fellow for reporting on retirement and Columbia University's Age Boom Academy. She's also the editor of the Institutional Investor book "Cultivating the Affluent II," with noted wealth consultant Russ Alan Prince.
In California alone, more than 1 million people have yet to claim the emergency relief payments.
More than 25,000 people are enrolled in the drugmaker's late-stage trial of a potential coronavirus vaccine.
Florida says it will only provide four weeks of payments, rather than the six weeks other states are providing.
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FEMA, which is overseeing the supplementary payments, had previously promised only three weeks of jobless benefits.
Tax agency is urging eligible citizens to register at IRS.gov by October 15 to get their payments by year-end.
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