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October 9, 2017
Louisiana is very generous when it comes to providing college scholarships to traditional students who pursue four-year degrees directly from high school. But it is considerably less generous for everyone else - especially non-traditional students, people from low-income backgrounds and students seeking two-year associate degrees or skills training.
Number of the Day
$723.67 - Average weekly wages for production and “non-supervisory” workers in 2016 - which is 2 percent lower than in 1972, in inflation-adjusted dollars. (Source: EPI via The New York Times)January 4, 2017
The first order of business for the Congress that was sworn in on Tuesday was to introduce a measure to repeal the Affordable Care Act through a budgetary procedure known as reconciliation.
October 27, 2015
The Elephant in the Room; Tipping into poverty; Borrowing from Mom and Dad; and Food aid cut “undermines human dignity”