by United Way NWLA | Jun 12, 2018 | In The News
CONNIE FRENCH, JUNE 12 2018 – United Way Blog. Summer jobs are a rite of passage. They teach responsibility and provide a source of income. And they usually start out as an exciting new challenge that kids can’t wait to dive into. And then that first paycheck...
by United Way NWLA | Jun 6, 2018 | In The News
On June 29, faculty and staff from Oak Park Microsociety Elementary and Fair Park Preparatory Academy, along with Kellogg’s Rice Krispies employees, will volunteer their time to install multiple raised garden beds at each school. This project stemmed from a newly...
by United Way NWLA | Jun 6, 2018 | In The News
By Paul Braun, LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE — The Senate voted 30-5 to increase the state’s earned income tax credit by 42.8 percent to offset some the impact that a renewal of part of the state’s sales tax would have on the working poor. The state’s...
by United Way NWLA | Jan 30, 2018 | In The News
Norman Brown kept the fact that he was illiterate a secret until he finally signed up for tutoring at the age of 47. He is one of approximately 32 million Americans who can’t read, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Education. Brown fell behind his...
by United Way NWLA | Jan 22, 2018 | In The News
Each month you settle down to pay bills. You pay your mortgage lender. You pay the electric company. You pay the trash collector. But do you pay yourself? One of the most basic tenets of sound investing involves the simple habit of “paying yourself first,” in other...
by United Way NWLA | Jan 22, 2018 | In The News
WASHINGTON ― The Internal Revenue Service announced today that the nation’s tax season will begin Monday, Jan. 29, 2018 and reminded taxpayers claiming certain tax credits that refunds won’t be available before late February. The IRS will begin accepting tax returns...