Legislature delays primary election, ends session
Rep. Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, addresses the House Chamber Wednesday morning. BATON ROUGE — The state Legislature ended the special session Wednesday by voting to delay the statewide primary election next year for one month while the U.S. Supreme Court considers the legality of the state’s two so-called majority-minority congressional districts. The final vote came in the state House, where lawmakers cleared the election delay in a 73 to 29 vote, which broke along similar...