US Senator John Kennedy is disappointed Congress recessed for the summer without getting much accomplished. Kennedy believes some good was done with the approval of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. But he says his biggest disappointment was the failing to repeal and replace Obamacare by one vote.

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Kennedy says federal lawmakers will have a lot to do when they reconvene in the fall.

West Baton Rouge officials have reportedly recovered a body from the Intracoastal Canal. The body was discovered by kids on a wave board who contacted authorities. Cause of dead has not yet been determined. The male body has not been identified, but the sheriff says it’s possible it could be one of the suspects wanted for an aggravated kidnapping in Lafayette. The kidnapped woman was reportedly found safe in Baton Rouge earlier today.

Flood impacted small business owners are not completing the flood recovery survey as quickly as officials had hoped. Lasonta Davenport with the Office of Community Development says they’re asking small business owners to complete the survey so they can assess the needs in the state.

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Only 423 businesses have completed the survey so far.

City officials say the pumps were operating at 100 percent capacity when flood waters rose in New Orleans. Executive Director of the Sewerage and Water Board Cedric Grant says they did everything they could to prepare, but no one expected upwards of 10 inches of rain in only a few hours.

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Grant says the rain event was too much for the city’s pump stations to handle.