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House GOP largely backing Louisiana governor's budget plan

by Associated Press
| May 22, 2020 12:03 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — House Republican leaders Thursday started advancing a budget plan that largely mirrors Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' proposal to use federal coronavirus aid to close a $1 billion gap caused by the pandemic without deeply slashing state services.

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