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The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of its last acts for the year.

This year alone Louisiana’s Treasury has written roughly 28,000 checks totaling $5.1 million. Since 2018, by matching data with the Department of Revenue the treasury has been able to reunite more funds with their rightful owner.

State Treasurer John Fleming, M.D. announced Monday that millions in unclaimed property is owed to taxpayers in Louisiana.

The Louisiana House passed a number of bills Tuesday that are part of Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax reform session. The foundational legislation, HB 1 lowers the personal income tax rate to a flat 3%.

Louisiana’s program to help families save for their children’s college education accidentally made an extra withdrawal this month from participants’ bank accounts, resulting in more than $1.5 million having to be refunded.