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News Articles: U.S. Treasury

Brandon Beach

Lawmakers Huddle: On help for Georgia home renters and a new U.S. Treasurer

GPB Lawmakers host Donna Lowry catches up with Sen. Brandon Beach — who's set to become U.S. Treasurer — and Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver on support for renters in this week's Lawmakers Huddle.

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Under the agreement, ICE officers can ask the IRS for information about immigrants who have final orders of removal or are under criminal investigation. It's not clear when information-sharing will begin.

The IRS finalizes a deal to share tax information with immigration authorities

The Internal Revenue Service reached a deal to share tax information about some immigrants without legal status, marking a major change in how tax records can be used.

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  • Joel Rose
The Maya Angelou quarter is the first in the American Women Quarters Program, which will feature other prominent women in U.S. history. The other quarters in the series will begin rolling out later this year and through 2025, according to the U.S. Mint.

The poet Maya Angelou is the first Black woman to be featured on a U.S. quarter

The Maya Angelou design is the first quarter in the "American Women Quarters Program" — a four-year program that will feature prominent women in U.S. history.

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  • Jonathan Franklin
Supporters rally outside the U.S. Treasury Department in 2019 to demand that American abolitionist Harriet Tubman's image be put on the $20 bill.

Biden Administration Will 'Speed Up' Efforts To Put Harriet Tubman On $20 Bill

Press secretary Jen Psaki said it's important that "our money ... reflect the history and diversity of our country." The effort to redesign the $20 bill foundered during the Trump administration.

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  • Laurel Wamsley