Benefits for social security recipients will increase by 8-point-seven percent next year which is largest hike since 1981. Director of Advocacy at Louisiana AARP, Andrew Muhl, says the average retired worker benefit for a person in Louisiana is around 14-hundred dollars a month…
cut 3 (09) “…15-hundred annually”
The higher than normal cost of living adjustment is needed so seniors do not lose their purchasing power.

The composite ACT scores among Louisiana high school students fell for the fifth year in a row. The Class of 2022 score was 18-point-one down from 18-point-four last year. State Superintendent of Education Dr. Cade Brumley says he believes it’s mostly pandemic related.
Cut 9 (10) “…interrupted.”
The national average also dropped to 19-point-eight, drown from 20-point-three. It’s the first time the national average has been below twenty since 1991.

Third District D-A John Belton says a grand jury will convene November 10th to determine if the State Police Troopers involved in the fatal arrest of motorist Ronald Greene in 2019 should be charged criminally. Legal analyst Franz Borghardt says he doubts Belton would convene a grand jury if he did not think they would indict…
cut 14 (10) “…strong solid case”
So far federal prosecutors have not brought civil rights charges against the troopers involved.

John Kennedy’s re-election campaign says the junior U-S Senator has raised over 36-million dollars, after bringing in another seven million dollars during the third quarter. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat says a majority of Louisiana voters support Kennedy’s efforts on capitol hill…
cut 28 (10) “….Joe Biden”