The Louisiana Legislature convened its 2017 regular session April 10 with, as usual, a budget crisis

By Laryssa Bonacquisti

During his address to the legislature on opening day of the 2017 Regular Legislative Session, Gov. John Bel Edwards called for unity and asked that legislators not act like those in Washington. The continuation of the budget crisis looms over Louisianians, and many hope this session might bring about permanent positive change.

via NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune YouTube.com channel