On election night, two lawmakers quietly killed a U.S House bill to restore Social Security benefits to many public employees ...

Homeless services providers across Louisiana are in a tense legal dispute with the ... requested homeless and formerly ...

The House passed House Resolution 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023, on Tuesday, Nov. 12. H.R. 82 aims to ...

Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves' bill would eliminate the Social Security penalty for 2.8 million government retirees, ...

Louisiana does not tax Social Security benefits. Other retirement benefits also can be excluded from state income tax. Annual ...

NEW ORLEANS — The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill that would expand Social Security for many public servants. “Mr. Speaker, it’s been 40 years,” Rep. Garret Graves, ...

The WEP reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who receive pensions from public sector jobs, such as state and federal employees, that are or were not required to make S ...

Millions of public-sector workers are affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset.

As Donald Trump is elected president, concerns arise regarding Project 2025. Here's how the conservative policy plan would affect Louisiana.

The Social Security Fairness Act received a setback last week. However, lawmakers in the House are expected to move forward ...

WASHINGTON – In a surprise move on election night, a pair of lawmakers quietly killed a U.S. House bill to restore Social Security benefits to many public employees in Louisiana and other states ...

including thousands in Louisiana,” reads a news release from U.S. Congressman Troy A. Carter. The WEP decreases social security benefits for workers who paid into both a civil service pension ...