Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

Many Americans will soon get government checks to help them financially weather job loss, reduced work hours, and other money challenges as the country tries to stem the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

The $2 trillion stimulus package signed by President Donald Trump on Friday March 27 is the largest emergency aid package in U.S. history with $250 billion of it going directly to Americans’ wallets.

Here’s what you need to know.

Who gets a stimulus check?

Our updated estimate is that 93.6 percent of [tax] filers will have a rebate. “And this works out to approximately 140 million households...