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Judge hears legal challenge of Louisiana virus regulations

by Associated Press
| August 5, 2020 12:03 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration Wednesday was defending Louisiana's statewide mask mandate and bar restrictions enacted to combat the coronavirus outbreak, as a state district judge considers a lawsuit challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

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