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Louisiana's new GOP legislative leaders talk of compromise

by Associated Press
| February 11, 2020 10:05 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — While they stressed their legislative independence, Louisiana's new Republican House speaker and Senate president said Tuesday that they want to work with Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, choosing to strike a compromising tone rather than a confrontational one.

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