![]() Inflation is looking up, gas prices are looking up, rent prices keep going up … ![]() And even drew some chuckles from President Biden himself when he told the president not to worry, that things are looking up. Regarding the latter, White House Correspondents’ Dinner headliner Trevor Noah joked about that very thing over the weekend. That’s because stimulus checks could mitigate the effects of some nettlesome macroeconomic challenges, like soaring inflation and rising gas prices. Which could turn into a political time bomb for Democrats in a few months’ time, when the midterm elections arrive. The new website above includes a number of FAQs and answers, such as the fact that those eligible for the relief checks must have a federal adjusted gross income of less than $100,000 if filing single or if married and filing separately $150,000 if filing as head of household or $200,000 for couples filing jointly.Īs noted, this comes at a time when such an effort is nonexistent at the federal level. The stimulus checks are expected to return half of Maine’s budget surplus ($729.3 million) to, as the governor’s office has said, “an estimated 858,000 Maine people grappling with the increased costs as a result of pandemic-driven inflation.” Among the key details to know about them is that Maine’s effort, which Mills proposed and which got near-unanimous approval from the state legislature, is coming out of a state surplus. There, people can go to get answers about the payments. The latest news about these relief checks from Maine is that, on Friday, April 22, the Mills administration set up a website, /reliefchecks. ![]() A screenshot of Maine’s website answering questions about new state relief checks. ![]()
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