In a House divided, what’s it like to be an Independent?

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Rep. Jerome “Dee” Richard, I-Thibodeaux, waited on the House floor Friday while the Republicans and Democrats caucused privately.(Photo: Sarah Gamard/LSU Manship School News Service)

By Natalie Anderson

When Republicans and Democrats scurried off to their caucus rooms Friday to plot strategy on a controversial tax bill, two legislators stayed at their desks on the House floor, waiting patiently for the action to start again.

Read the story in The News Star.

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