There’s an effort underway to give family caregivers a tax credit to help offset expenses. AARP says caregivers spend on average just over seven thousand out of pocket annually. AARP State Director Denise Botcher says it’s a bipartisan effort known as the Credit for Caring Act.
Botcher says caregivers assisting those with dementia or mental health issues spend more than eight thousand annually.
Continental Structural Plastics announces a 13-million dollar expansion to its Webster Parish-based manufacturing facility. Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson says CSP has been around for 50-years as a major player in the automotive market.
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A surge in retirements is further adding to the nation’s labor shortage. Matt Doyle has the story.
Store owners in the Mall of Louisiana are breathing much easier this morning upon news Cara, the 12-foot Burmese python has been located. Cara went missing early Monday morning from her enclosure at the Blue Zoo exhibit in Baton Rouge. Cara is who was found early this morning, is undergoing a medical check by the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. The albino reptile received national notoriety for her escape this week.