A Legislative Auditor’s report finds 374 deceased Louisianans received over a million dollars in unemployment benefits dating back to March 2020. Data Analytics Manager Chris Magee says due to delayed local reporting nothing could have been done to stop about half of that money from being paid out but 123,000 dollars could have been prevented if LWC were to start processing death data weekly, instead of monthly.
Workforce Commissioner Secretary Ava Cates says LWC will review implementing weekly processing of Social Security death data.
Several hundred homeowners in the eastern half of Slidell are cleaning up after Tropical Storm Claudette dumped over ten inches of rain in a short amount of time, producing street flooding that got into people’s homes. Mayor Greg Cromer…
Monroe Police continue to investigate Friday night’s fatal shooting of former Richwood High starting quarterback Michael Sherman. Detectives say Sherman was gunned down after an argument involving two females. Richwood High Football Coach Marcus Yanez says Sherman was a great person to be around
The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2021 Kids Count report is out and Louisiana continues to find itself ranked amongst the worst states in the nation for quality of life for children. CEO Lisa Hamilton says our outcomes will likely improve a good bit once an American Rescue Act provision expanding the child tax credit kicks in in July.
The tax credit will reportedly lift 4-million children above the poverty line.