Lawmakers end contentious session

By: GRACIE THOMAS, AVERY WHITE, and SHERIDAN WHITE LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE – A push to redraw congressional maps and a fight to cut back the New Orleans court system produced the biggest fireworks in a legislative session that ended Monday, June 1, with K-12 teachers still waiting to hear about possible salary stipends. Bids to strengthen local control of carbon-captur...

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