House panel declines to back Gov. Edwards’ $500M Mississippi River bridge request

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The House Appropriations Committee today voted to park $500 million in a new fund rather than dedicating the money to a new Mississippi River bridge, as Gov. John Bel Edwards requested.  Jay Dardenne, Edwards’ commissioner of administration, says the governor will continue to push for using that money to make a down payment on the

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