Checks go out for expanded child tax credit refunds
The first 8.6 million checks totaling about 4.4 billion dollars begin mailing Friday as advance refunds on the child tax credit raised to 1000 dollars. Two additional batches follow in August for 2002 qualifiers, with phaseouts at 110000 for married couples and 75000 for single parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Mark Everson
Children’s Defense Fund
GOP
Bob Menendez
D-N.j
Bush
United For A Fair Economy
Anne Wright
Somerville
Mass
White House
Scott McClellan
Foster Families Kept Close to Heart at Aiken Picnic
Aiken County foster care supporters gathered at a community picnic as officials report 76 children in 60 foster homes. Organizers Bruce and Karen Boyajian shared how guardians ad litem inspired their move to fostering to keep vulnerable children from being sent away. They urge expanding home numbers to better serve local kids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crossan
Bruce Boyajian
Karen
Russell
Boyajians
DSS
Lloyd
Katey Rich
krich @aikenstandard.com
Bush backs limited US role in Liberia crisis
President Bush says US troops would have a limited mission and expects UN relief soon. He urges Liberian President Taylor to step down while ECOWAS peacekeepers prepare to intervene as the USS Iwo Jima leads three ships with hundreds of Marines and air assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberia
Bush
United Nations
United States
Rose Garden
Ecowas
Pentagon
Taylor
Iwo Jima
26Th Marine Expeditionary Unit
Night uses battlefield lull as Liberia endures deadly mortars
At least 26 killed and more than 200 wounded as up to 20 mortar rounds hit Monrovia in a 10 minute dawn attack near the U.S. Embassy. Residents beg for U.S. intervention while aid workers tend to the injured and salvage scenes of mass casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Momo Bailey
U.S
Atlantic
Sylvester Blame
Monrovia
Liberia
Charles Taylor
George Bush
Emmanuel Sieh
Charles Benney
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foster
Scott
Chillin
Dea RG
GATES
Aiken Iron Works, LLC
Kimbill Trail
Aiken
Proto
God
America
Prici
Bassett
Hampton Roads
Coventry
Triple
West Indies
Key West
Eden House
Greenwich
Sofa “Sasha” ‘Tradiciona
BassettAugusta.com
Augusta West Parkway
Seadon Enmrees
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!