Social Security benefits will increase by 5.9 percent with the Cost-of-Living adjustment announced today by the agency. Troy Broussard with AARP in Louisiana says it marks the largest increase in four decades.
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The increase takes effect in January, with benefit payments to reflect a 5.9 percent hike in the current benefit being paid out to each recipient.
Shipping delays have been an ongoing issue for businesses due to the pandemic but with the holiday season just over two months away Economist Loren Scott says if you’re a last-minute shopper you really could end up being the Grinch this year.
While Scott says he doesn’t see shelves being completely empty for retailers, he does however anticipate a problem if you are looking for a specific gift.
Today is the last day for those in Ida impacted parishes to call in for DSNAP interviews. Brooke Thorington has more.
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A new Covid-19 variant has been detected in Louisiana. That word today from LSU Health Shreveport’s Center of Excellence for Emerging Viral Threats. It was discovered by the Viral Genomics and Sequencing Lab and is being called B.1.630. It was sequenced last week from two samples collected in Baton Rouge. It was first detected in the U.S. in March of this year. So far, the predominance of the variant is said to be low.