Today, Secretary of State Tom Schedler testifies before a panel in Washington that Louisiana voting machines are not being hacked…:
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Tax reform remains hanging in the balance as U.S. Senators are considering an overhaul that Republicans say will give an average family of four an additional 14-hundred dollars in annual income. Senator John Kennedy cites three benefits…:
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Lawyers for convicted former New Orleans Congressman Bill Jefferson are reportedly close to reaching a deal with federal prosecutors on the disgraced lawmaker’s sentence for corruption convictions. Jefferson, famous for hiding $90,000 in his freezer, received a 13-year sentence in 2009, but was release earlier this year after a judge dismissed seven charges because of new corruption laws. Prosecutors could re-try Jefferson, drop the charges or reach a deal with his legal team.

There is another tool being studied to help adults who are overweight — an oral device that slows down eating to reduce food intake, making you feel as full even though you ate less in the same amount of time. Dr. Donna Ryan, interim executive director of LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center, explains the biological factors of the SmartByte system.:
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She hopes the SmartByte will be approved in Louisiana.