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Pandemic Stimulus Payments to Arkansans Also Lift State Revenue, Expert Says

J. Froelich
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KUAF
A second round of federal Economic Impact Payments were distributed in January to Arkansans.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department began delivering a second round of Economic Impact Payments to millions of Americans, including Arkansans, as part of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021. The first round of EIP, says Scott Hardin, with Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, yielded a surprising revenue outcome in Arkansas.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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