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Rep. Foy Gadberry, R-West Monroe, left speaks with Rep. Rodney Schamerhorn, R-Hornbeck, right, ahead of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. The committee discussed bills that would give lawmakers more oversight of the governor's emergency orders. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

House, Senate diverge on curbing Louisiana governor’s power

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

New Orleans bars can sell drinks to go on Saturday

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

GOP seeks to strip governor’s emergency elections oversight

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about his state's response to Hurricane Laura and to the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Analysis: Virus response becomes power struggle in Louisiana

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Dr. Deborah Birx, right, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, speaks at a press conference along LSU interim President Tom Galligan, left, after one of several roundtable discussions with LSU officials and others, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 in the LSU Foundation Training Room in Baton Rouge, La. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)

White House virus adviser backs Louisiana’s restrictions

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

House Speaker Clay Schexnayder, R-Gonzales, right, speaks about the legislative session with Senate President Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, left, on Monday, June 1, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana lawmakers call another COVID-19 special session

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

This satellite photo provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Sally, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020, at 2050 GMT. Sally churned northward on Sunday, poised to turn into a hurricane and send a life-threatening storm surge along the northern Gulf of Mexico. (NOAA via AP)

Sally set to become hurricane and threaten U.S. Gulf Coast

By STACEY PLAISANCE and TAMARA LUSH - Associated Press

California-based manufacturer plans $5M Louisiana expansion

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Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards smiles after a reporter's request for details after Edwards said there would be few given at a press conference in Baton Rouge, La., Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. Edwards says the state will ease various restrictions on public gatherings aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 — but he's withholding details for a day. Edwards said Thursday that Louisiana will move to “Phase Three” of restrictions after current restrictions expire Friday. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)

New Orleans won’t follow state in easing virus restrictions

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Taxi driver Indra Kumar Newar places a piece of paper to deliver food to a COVID-19 isolation ward at Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. At one of the largest hospitals in Nepal, Newar and his pharmacist friend have teamed up to feed COVID-19 patients, doctors, nurses and health workers. Due to lockdowns, the cafeteria and nearby cafes have closed, leaving more than 200 staffers, patients and their families without food. The two friends have taken their own money and donations and put it to use buying groceries, renting a kitchen and paying helpers to provide the meals. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

The Latest: South Korea stays in downward infection trend

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Hurricane hit oil storage site, but no shortages expected

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY - Associated Press

Election official: More mail ballots could delay results

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Laura’s Louisiana death toll up to 26

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People line up at the Covid-19 testing site at Cortana Mall, Tuesday July 7, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

Analysis: Reasons sketchy for continued virus data-sharing

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

October football planned as Louisiana virus trends improve

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards talks about his state's response to Hurricane Laura and to the coronavirus pandemic during a news conference, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Edwards asks judge to widen absentee balloting for elections

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Flooding surrounds damaged homes Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, in Cameron, La., after Hurricane Laura moved through the area Thursday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Edwards on Laura: ‘Long road’ to rebuild southwest Louisiana

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards holds up his own mask, taken off while he was speaking, to remind Louisiana residents that a highly effective thing within their power to do to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to simply wear a mask, Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at a press conference update on the state's COVID-19 situation at the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness in Baton Rouge, La. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP, Pool)

John Bel Edwards, Louisiana governor, recall petition filed

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Petition filed to recall Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards

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Evacuees from Hurricane Laura Bentley White, 9, center, tries on shoes with Chris Cormier, 10, left, and Angela Cormier while visiting an aid center at the Ernest N. Morial Convention set up by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Governor's Office of Homeland Security &amp; Emergency Management in New Orleans, La. Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (Max Becherer/The Advocate via AP)

Louisiana: 11K people seek state shelter after Laura’s ruin

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press