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Republicans resume bid to override virus state of emergency

by Associated Press
| June 25, 2020 1:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Despite a recent spike in Louisiana’s coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, a group of conservative House Republicans on Thursday restarted a stalled effort to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ disaster orders enacted because of COVID-19.

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