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Louisiana lawmakers load up budget with $20M in pet projects

by Melinda Deslatte
| October 15, 2020 3:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a special session called to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana lawmakers Thursday agreed to steer $20 million in state cash to local pet projects, a list crafted behind closed doors that received little public discussion and followed no specific vetting process.

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