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Edwards rejects bill to give lawmakers more emergency power

by Melinda Deslatte
| October 28, 2020 12:03 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday vetoed the centerpiece bill of Louisiana's just-ended special session, a measure seeking to give lawmakers more authority in a governor's emergency decisions, including the ability to jettison individual coronavirus restrictions.

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