The numbers are startling. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every 12 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies by suicide with nearly 45,000 Americans taking their lives each year.
Dear Rusty: It seems like we are always encouraged to wait until our full retirement age or age 70 to claim our Social Security. For me, benefits at age 62 were a good jump start to my retirement.
A grandmother in Arkansas says her adult children have great difficulty telling their children what to do. They turn instructions — more accurately, what they think are instructions — into questions and then wonder why their kids don’t seem to appreciate their timidity.
Dear Rusty: I was recently approved for my Social Security disability benefits. Will I still be able to get my widow’s benefits when I turn 60, which is right around the corner? Or do I lose those because I am disabled?
As the United States moves to pull together the racial divide that has widened significantly in recent months, Louisiana has joined the cause by working to absolve itself of sins of the past.
If it seems like we just went through an early voting period, that’s because we did. But now that the July 11 presidential primary is over and the Aug. 15 referendum on a proposed school sales tax and parish fire district renewal is just a few weeks away, it’s time to early vote again.
