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The House is open for business during opening day at the Louisiana legislature Monday April 10, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Fig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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Speaker of the House Taylor Baras, R-New Iberia, gavels in the regular session for opening roll call during opening day at the Louisiana legislature Monday April 10, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Fig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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Accompanied by his wife Donna Edwards, right partially obscured, Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, laughs while waiting to enter the House chamber to address the joint session during opening day at the Louisiana legislature Monday April 10, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Fig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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Gov. John Bel Edwards, right, addresses the joint session during opening day at the Louisiana legislature Monday April 10, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Fig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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Gov. John Bel Edwards, right, makes a point while addressing the joint session during opening day at the Louisiana legislature Monday, April 10, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Fig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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Speaker of the House Taylor Baras, R-New Iberia, left, and Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego, share a laugh after Gov. John Bel Edwards addressed the joint session during opening day at the Louisiana legislature Monday April 10, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Fig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)
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Gov. John Bel Edwards listens as his revenue secretary, Kimberly Robinson, answers questions about the Edwards administration tax package proposed for the upcoming legislative session, on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Gov. John Bel Edwards explains the tax structure rewrite he's proposing for the upcoming legislative session, on Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Tony Bacala, R-Prairieville, asks questions as the House Appropriations Committee opened its budget hearings at the state Capitol on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte).
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Representatives Jerome "Zee" Zeringue, R-Houma, left, and Tony Bacala, R-Prairieville, listen to testimony as the House Appropriations Committee opened its budget hearings on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Representatives Tony Bacala, R-Prairieville, left, and Jack McFarland, R-Jonesboro, talk as the House Appropriations Committee opened its budget hearings on Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Gov. John Bel Edwards, right, listens as Corrections Secretary Jimmy LeBlanc talks about efforts to overhaul Louisiana's criminal justice system, to lessen prison rates and boost treatment and training programs, on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about efforts to overhaul Louisiana's criminal justice system, to lessen prison rates and boost treatment and training programs, on Thursday, March 16, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Matthew Block, Gov. John Bel Edwards' chief lawyer, left, speaks with Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, the governor's chief budget adviser, ahead of a meeting of the Legislature's joint budget committee, on Feb. 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Charles "Bubba" Chaney studies Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget proposal for next year, in a meeting of the Legislature's joint budget committee, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne, the governor's chief budget adviser, answers questions about Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget proposal for next year, in a meeting of the Legislature's joint budget committee, on Feb. 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Rep. Charles "Bubba" Chaney studies Gov. John Bel Edwards' budget proposal for next year, in a meeting of the Legislature's joint budget committee, on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, left, talks with House Speaker Taylor Barras, R-New Iberia, ahead of a Senate Finance hearing on legislation that is part of a budget-rebalancing deal in the special session, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Senate Finance Chairman Eric LaFleur, D-Ville Platte, left; Senate President John Alario, R-Westwego, center; and Sherry Phillips-Hymel, the Senate's chief budget analyst, participate in a House Appropriations hearing on "rainy day" fund legislation that is part of a budget-rebalancing deal, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sen. Sharon Hewitt, R-Slidell, right, asks questions as Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, listens during a Senate Finance hearing on legislation that is part of a budget-rebalancing deal in the special session, on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
