The 1.9 trillion dollar COVID-19 relief approved by Congress contains a significant, one-year expansion of the child tax credit. Parents are now eligible to receive up to 3,600 dollars per child. Louisiana Partnership for Children and Families Director Susan East Nelson…
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The current child tax credit is up to two thousand dollars per child, but about a third of families do not qualify.

During a legislative hearing, state lawmakers expressed their frustration to LSU officials that the Husch Blackwell report didn’t produce more significant consequences for those named in the report who mishandled cases of sexual assault. Franklinton Senator Beth Mizell…
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The state health department says of those who’ve received one dose of the COVID vaccine so far, only 25-percent are Black. Brooke Thorington has more…
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