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Louisiana lawmakers pass bill striking at governor's power

by Melinda Deslatte
| October 20, 2020 4:27 PM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Louisiana lawmakers voted Tuesday to give themselves more authority to curb Gov. John Bel Edwards' coronavirus restrictions and emergency powers, under a deal brokered between House and Senate GOP leaders that ended a stalemate on the major issue of the special session.

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