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Edwards says urgency makes this session different

Source: fox8live.com - Jun 19, 2018

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) -

The Louisiana State Legislature convened for the year's third special session, the seventh since Governor John Bel Edwards took office in 2016. The problems have not changed and the solutions remain the same.

But Edwards says there's no time left to waste, which may light a fire under the legislature that has been mired in partisan stalemate for the duration of Edwards' time as governor.

"This is it," Edwards said. "There won't be another opportunity to get this fixed. We've been through this exercise more than enough times now."

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