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Louisiana GOP lawmakers object to stay-home order extension

by Associated Press
| April 29, 2020 8:03 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican state lawmakers bristling at Gov. John Bel Edwards' decision to extend Louisiana's stay-at-home order through May 15 are considering the extraordinary step of trying to override the Democratic governor's emergency decision-making about the state's coronavirus outbreak.

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