If you haven’t claimed your Child Tax Credit from the American Rescue Plan that provided up to $3,600 per child for the 2021 tax year you need to do so. Brooke Thorington explains
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Zion Williamson’s long-waited return to the NBA went very well as the Pelicans star scored 25 points in his first game in 17 months. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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Another name has surfaced as a possible candidate for governor next year and it’s Louisiana Transportation Secretary Shawn Wilson. Jeremy Alford at La-Politics-dot-com was the first to report and we asked Wilson his thoughts about whether he’ll look to replace his current boss, Governor John Bel Edwards
The La-politics-dot-com report says Wilson could be the Democrats best chance at winning the 2023 governor’s race. Wilson says he’s not close to making a decision, but he is considering a possible run at governor…
Wilson lives in Lafayette and has served as the state’s Transportation Secretary since Governor Edwards took office in January 2016. Wilson says he still has a lot of work to do as the DOTD Secretary and he’s proud of the work the Edwards administration has accomplished…
The only announced candidates for the 2023 governor’s race are Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry and personal-injury attorney Hunter Lundy of Lake Charles, who plans to run as an Independent.
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If you haven’t claimed your Child Tax Credit from the American Rescue Plan that provided up to $3,600 per child for the 2021 tax year, a deadline is approaching. Louisiana Budget Project Executive Director Jan Moeller says the November 15th deadline applies to a quick filing tool at GetCTC-dot-org.
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Moeller says in response to the pandemic Congress enacted the one-time increase in the Child Tax Credit and it grew from $25-hundred per child to $3,000 or $36-hundred depending on the child’s age. And what’s also important about the 2021 Child Tax Credit is that it’s fully refundable.
The 2021 tax year CTC is $3,600 for children under the age of six and it is $3,000 for ages six to 17. And while the CTC has been around for some time, Moeller says most years you have to earn a certain amount to claim it, but for 2021…
He says the process is also rather simple, that website is GetCTC-dot-org.
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Two Louisiana companies have been awarded $320 million in US Department of Energy funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Governor Edwards says Syrah Technologies in Vidalia will receive $220 million to expand production to manufacture components for batteries to power electric vehicles. He says the expansion means more jobs also.
And Edwards says $100 million has been awarded to Koura to build the first US plant to manufacture lithium hexaflouridephosphate in St. Gabriel.
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Syrah’s Vidalia facility will be the only vertically integrated and large-scale graphite Active Anode Material plant outside of China and the Koura plant in St. Gabriel will be the first US plant to assist in the lithium-ion battery shortage also. Edwards says the pandemic reminded us how dependent we are on other countries.
Edwards says it’s a positive step towards clean energy and the expansions in Louisiana will help manufacture one million electric vehicles annually.
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Pelicans forward Zion Williamson had an impressive return to the NBA last night as he scored 25 points in his first game in 17 months as New Orleans defeated Brooklyn 130 to 108 to tip off a new season. Williamson says it was a decent performance.
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Williamson missed all of last season with a foot injury that would not heal. Zion showed up for training camp this year in excellent shape and is glad to be playing the game he loves so much…
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Williamson scored most of his points inside the paint and also had nine rebounds. The former first round pick says he was encouraged to score as often as he could…
The Pelicans next game is tomorrow night in Charlotte.