St. Tammany sheriff Randy Smith provided more details this morning on the arrest of four people who are connected to the deaths of Raegan Elizabeth Day and Dustin Hartline, who were recovered Monday near an East Pearl River Boat Launch on Highway 90. Both were found shot and the suspected murder weapons were eventually recovered as well. Sheriff Smith says it was a senseless crime.
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New research from Accountemps has found 44-percent lose sleep over work. The study also identified 50-percent of respondents are overwhelmed with work and the amount of hours devoted to their job…Another 20-percent identified strained relationships with their co-workers. Spokesperson Carrie Lewis encourages employees to talk with their boss to try to solve the problem between you and your co-workers…
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The Trump Administration is backing a plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. The plan is aimed at making American metal production more competitive at home, but Director of State Projects at the nonpartisan Tax Foundation Scott Drenkard says as a port state, the proposal hits Louisiana particularly hard.
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The Tax Foundation estimates the tariffs would cost the US 9 billion dollars a year.

The LSU Manship School has an online game that lets taxpayers devise their own plan on how to address the billion dollar fiscal cliff. “Solve The Budget-dot-org” gives you a list of budget items that can be cut or funded, and tax proposals that can be adopted to rejected to close the budget gap. Manship Dean Jerry Cepos encourages everyone to give it a try.
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Again the website is solve-the-budget-org”