Author: Associated Press

AP: IRS says the first round of stimulus checks have been deposited

IRS deposits first economic support payments

(AP)– WASHINGTON — The IRS says the first economic support payments stemming from the coronavirus outbreak have been deposited in taxpayers’ bank accounts. In its tweeted announcement Saturday night, the IRS didn’t say how many taxpayers have received the payments or how much money has been disbursed so far. The tweet says: “We know many people are anxious to get…

SC mayor: Governor creating headaches with special waivers

Expressing frustration that police officers – charged with enforcing Gov. Henry McMaster’s stay-at-home order during the coronavirus outbreak – are not being told which businesses have been granted permission to stay open, the mayor of South Carolina’s capital city said he was pursuing an open-records request to obtain the information.