October 2023

Dear Rusty: My wife, born in 1960, was a Texas school teacher for about 10 years and receives a $1,000 per month pension from that work. She didn’t pay into Social Security while teaching, but she paid into it for about 23 years while working elsewhere. I paid into Social Security my entire life, the maximum in most years, so my SS benefit will be much greater than hers.

Lincoln Parish joined the rest of Louisiana’s voters in approving four new state constitutional amendments, two of which grew out of the COVID-19 pandemic.