What you need to know: Dec. 30

Good morning, North State.

Here's what you need to know to start your day on Dec.

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Need to know to start your day.

The checks are in the mail!

The u-s treasury says coronavirus stimulus payments are expected to hit bank accounts as early as today - and drop into mailboxes... later this week.

600 dollars for individuals earning at least 75-thousand dollars in 2019.

12-hundred to marriages earning at least 150-thousand for every dependent - six hundred to a household.

And happening today- a chance at*mor* relief -- is setting up a showdown on capitol hill.

Vermont independent senator bernie sanders is vowing to block a vote to override the president's veto on a key military spending bill, until senators get to vote on increasing the stimulus checks to $2000 dollars.

New this morning - more resources now available to small businesses- but - you need to act fast to take advantage of the help.

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The latest california relif grant program has applications open as of this morning but close - january 8th.

We have a link on our website at action news now dot com slash links.

Up to 25- thousand dollars are available for businesses with up to 2 point 5 million dollars in revenue.

And happening this morning - a webinar for that grant program.

The webinar starts at 11 and runs the same time every day through january 4th.

You can find the webinar registration link in the same grant program application tab on our website at action news now dot com slash links.

### may still be ahead of us.

The vaccination debate comes as doctors in colorado detected the highly- contagious mutated coronavirus from the uk... the patient a man his 20s with no travel history now recovering in isolation.

Doctors want to remind people that while that strain of the virus is more contaigious..

The cases of covid it produces are no any more severe or deadly..

## u-s congressman- elect, 41 year old luke letlow, from louisiana has died after a battle with covid-19.

A spokesman confirmed the news in a statement on facebook.

The republican won a run-off election for louisiana's 5th congressional district december 5th... then 13 days later, announced he had tested