Gov. John Bel Edwards agreed to nearly all of the $20 million-plus in pet projects that lawmakers inserted into this year’s budget in their special session, announcing Friday that he stripped only a handful of the add-ons decided behind the scenes by legislative leaders. Edwards used his line-item veto to remove five legislative earmarks totaling
Gov. John Bel Edwards leaves most legislators’ pet projects in budget
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