State Fire Marshal Butch Browning says safety should be at the top of people’s minds as they cook their Thanksgiving meals. He says it’s important to always be prepared in the event a grease fire starts while cooking. Browning says your common household A-B-C fire extinguisher is not designed to put out grease fires…

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He also says the kitchen should never be left unattended while cooking.

Lafayette Congressman Charles Boustany has been chosen to lead the Ways and Means Committee’s Tax Policy Subcommittee. Boustany says he wants to put the United States on a level playing field with other countries and that would call for a complete rewrite of our international tax code. He says the United States has the highest corporate tax rate in the world and that isn’t working in our favor…

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Boustany says he will also enact changes to benefit small businesses.

Former Governor Edwin Edwards is hospitalized this Thanksgiving battling pneumonia. According to his wife, Trina, the former four-term governor was admitted Wednesday and doctors are treating him with antibiotics. Edwards biographer, Leo Honeycutt says Edwards could be out of the hospital by the end of the holiday weekend…

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He says illnesses are not unusual for the Cajun Prince.

With Black Friday looming, the personal finance website WalletHub looked at which stores were having the best Black Friday deals. Spokesperson Jill Gonzales says the average discount across the board is about 40-percent off. She advises shoppers to look at the deals before heading out to purchase on Black Friday…

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She says JC Penney, Kohl’s, and Stage will be offering average discounts of up to 70-percent.