Financial

It takes at least a few days, sometimes longer, to receive your refund after you've filed your taxes with the IRS. Some people, though, just can't seem to wait. This almost certainly is a bad decision.

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Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services will prohibit the use of cash assistance program benefits at liquor stores, gaming, or adult-oriented entertainment establishments.  Plus, the new rules will prohibit using a benefits card to purchase tobacco, alcohol, or lottery tickets at any retailer.

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I'm happy to say that we have made it through the much over hyped sequester! The sky isn't falling and life goes on normally as it always has.

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More than $287-million in Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation assessment rebates remain unclaimed.

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Governor Bobby Jindal's tax reform plan would rearrange how the state collects its revenue.  The Jindal administration's plan would eliminate personal and corporate income taxes and replace it with an increased state sales taxes.

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The Doctor of Democracy is a twenty five year veteran observer of American Politics. Regarding the issue of the impending sequestration of federal funds, Rush is not buying into it.

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State and federal recovery from Hurricane Isaac in Louisiana has hit a new milestone, topping half a billion dollars since the Aug. 29, 2012, disaster declaration, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said today.

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Over the past month, and more so the past week, gas prices have been climbing at a crazy pace.  Just in one day, prices in Shreveport-Bossier jumped 6 cents, from an average of $3.53 to now an average price of $3

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You've probably driven around the Ark-La-Tex and noticed that gas prices are a bit higher.  Correct that: a lot higher. 

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It's no small secret that Apple gadgets are favored by Rush Limbaugh. However, the technology giant is fraught with some difficulties that might be signaling a Blue Screen of Death-style (BSOD) operating system malady.

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