A pre-pandemic report indicates 57-percent of Louisiana’s children live in households below the ALICE threshold. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. Edy (Edie) Addison with the Capital Area United Way says often those families earn too much to qualify for assistance and they are issuing grants to help the ALICE population with accessing existing resources.
You’ll have to stretch your food dollar a bit further as the price of eggs is also on the rise. Ag Commissioner Mike Strain…
He says Avian flu is to blame for the price increase.
A bill to create Education Savings Accounts, to help give parents more school choice options, clears the House Education Committee. Kevin Gallagher has more…:
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