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ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Jurors in the trial of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson heard secretly recorded conversations Thursday that put them at the table of a $1,000 dinner where FBI agents said he solicited a bribe.
State school board official Tammie McDaniel, of Oak Ridge, said she is not resigning for now, at least until she discusses the matter with Gov. Bobby Jindal. Gov. Bobby Jindal signed into law Thursday legislation aimed at ending debate over when a restaurant becomes a bar operating in violation of state law. Gov. Bobby Jindal approved legislation Thursday creating a new public school curriculum with lowered academic standards, waving aside objections from education advocates who say the change will produce high school graduates who lack basic English and math skills. Tammie McDaniel, of Oak Ridge, a member of the state’s top school board, has been asked to resign her post by Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office. “I have not made a decision yet, but I expect we will discuss it after the holiday,” McDaniel said Wednesday. ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In a secretly recorded conversation played for the jury in the bribery trial of former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson on Wednesday, an ex-aide told the FBI’s key witness his old boss was doing nothing wrong in pushing a Nigerian telecommunications deal. |