We are getting closer to a partial federal government shutdown as Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on funding for a U-S Mexico border wall. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy blames the Democrats for not willing to spend five billion dollars on a border wall…
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New York Senator Charles Schumer said on the Senate floor today the President will not get his wall.

This is a festive time of year for many, but there are others who battle the holiday blues, which can lead to depression. State Office of Behavior Health Medical Director Doctor James Hussey encourages those who are feeling down to get out and help others who may be struggling…
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Hussey says if you’re feeling a lot of pressure to hit certain holiday deadlines, understand some of those deadlines are not real and you are the reason for feeling the extra pressure.

The National Retail Federation expects 134-million people will do some holiday shopping tomorrow and N-R-F spokesperson Katherine Cullen says the last weekend of shopping before Christmas is usually when see more men in the stores….
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Seven-percent of the shoppers they surveyed said they’ll be shopping on Christmas Eve.

Louisiana’s longest-serving Supreme Court justice, Pascal Calogero has died at 87. He was elected to the state’s highest court in 1972 and served for nearly 36 years. He was the chief justice for 18 years. Clancy DuBos, who once served as clerk for Calogero, says Calogero cared deeply about the job, reading every word submitted to the court, and considered his role as his duty and calling to the judicial system.
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