10:30 LRN Newscast November 29

Legislation to overhaul the nation’s tax code heads to the Senate floor. The G-O-P says the bill will lower personal income taxes and corporate taxes. Louisiana’s junior U-S Senator John Kennedy says he supports a tax reform plan that will mean less money for government and more dollars for taxpayers….
cut 15 (10) “….the economy”

There is an oral device that could help overweight adults lose weight. It’s called the SmartByte system and it is a noninvasive, removable medical device used only when eating. Interim Director at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center Dr. Donna Ryan explains..:
Cut 7 (11) “your mouth”
Ryan says 20-percent of those who used SmartByte lost at least five-percent of their weight after 16 weeks.

Today, Secretary of State Tom Schedler testifies before a panel in Washington that Louisiana voting machines are not being hacked…:
Voicer 1 (30) “I’m Jeff Palermo”

The U-S Senate Judiciary committee considers Kyle Duncan of Louisiana today as an appellate judge for the U-S Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Senate Democrats are expected to oppose. But Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry says…
cut 12 (06) “….the law”