Social Security

If you receive Social Security benefits in Louisiana, you will be getting a raise in 2025. However, that bump will be a bit smaller than in recent years.

Thousands of Louisiana residents have had their social security information compromised. Here's how to verify if your information was part of the data breach.

Thousands of Louisiana children and adults under the age of 65 will need to make a significant change very soon to avoid a gap in benefits.

Louisiana residents who receive Social Security benefits might find an extra check in the mailbox this month. Here's when and why.

There's always a new scam cropping up, and now the scammers have AI and are targeting Louisiana residents.

Tax season is bad enough, so you definitely need to follow along and avoid these common tax scams.

On Thursday night (Mar. 7) President Joe Biden delivered the annual State of the Union address. See the video and full transcript here.

The Internal Revenue Service says thousands of Louisiana taxpayers are owed $2,400. Are you one of them? The deadline to let them know is looming.

About half of individuals and one third of married couples in Louisiana qualify for thousands of dollars in tax credit from the IRS. Here's who qualifies.

Texas and Louisiana top the list of states where income tax filers receive the biggest average refunds, based on the most recent data from 2020. You should file quickly to make sure no one else gets your money.

More than 130,000 Louisiana families will see their SNAP benefits decrease in January, according to the Department of Children and Family Services.

Some families in Louisiana who receive food stamps and other federal aid will see a decrease in their benefits next year after a federal cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to Social Security and veterans benefits in 2023.

A Las Vegas woman has been accused of defrauding Social Security for years after she allegedly dismembered her dead husband's body and threw his remains in the trash, according to a federal criminal complaint.

Cost of living increases in Social Security going up by nearly 6%.

The IRS has announced that Social Security recipients will not need to file tax returns in order to earn a stimulus check.

The Social Security Administration is warning citizens in the Acadiana area about a Social Security scam in progress now. Most scam calls are coming from (866) 705-8406 and (888) 485-9383 but could be coming from others as well.

Several Louisiana high school teams could be prevented from taking the field because of a social security card issue.

A scam targeting your Social Security Number is going around the area. Here's how you can beat the bad guys.

A recently passed bill authored by a Louisiana Congressman will provide for better treatment of America's disabled veterans.

Social Security benefits will not see a cost of living increase this year because of lower fuel prices.