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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, bumps elbows with state Rep. Patrick Jefferson, D-Homer, instead of his traditional handshake, as a precaution against the COVID-9 Coronavirus, as he walks down the aisle of the House Chambers for the opening of the 2020 general legislative session in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 9, 2020. Edwards subsequently announced to the legislature that Louisiana today had its first confirmed case of the virus in Jefferson Parish. Right is Edwards wife Donna Edwards. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, center, bumps elbows with state Rep. Patrick Jefferson, D-Homer, instead of his traditional handshake, as a precaution against the COVID-9 Coronavirus, as he walks down the aisle of the House Chambers for the opening of the 2020 general legislative session in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 9, 2020. Edwards subsequently announced to the legislature that Louisiana today had its first confirmed case of the virus in Jefferson Parish. Right is Ed…

March 9, 2020

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Louisiana opens legislative session amid coronavirus concern
March 9, 2020 4:38 p.m.

Louisiana opens legislative session amid coronavirus concern

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a House and Senate filled with fresh faces, Louisiana opened its three-month legislative session Monday with uncertainty about how the chambers’ more conservative bent will change lawmaking and how the new coronavirus risk will impact the state.