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Episode 265Aug 27, 2020

Where are those new unemployment checks?

We’ll attempt to answer. But first, we have to talk about what’s going on in Wisconsin.

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President Donald Trump signs executive actions extending coronavirus economic relief on Aug. 8.
President Donald Trump signs executive actions extending coronavirus economic relief on Aug. 8.
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It’s been more than a week since President Donald Trump took executive action to extend unemployment benefits. One of our listeners wants to know: Has anyone actually received a check yet? The answer is … complicated. But we’ll do what we can. Plus, questions about COVID-19 testing, the Dow and Trump’s proposal to eliminate payroll taxes on today’s Whadda Ya Wanna Know Wednesday. But first, there are some bigger stories we need to talk about.

Here’s a list of everything we talked about today:

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Where are those new unemployment checks?