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A container of disinfectant wipes sits next to the desk of Rep. Jerome Zeringue, R-Houma, seated left, during the start of the 2020 general legislative session in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 9, 2020. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced at the session that the state's first confirmed case of the COVID-19 Coronavirus was discovered today in Jefferson Parish. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A container of disinfectant wipes sits next to the desk of Rep. Jerome Zeringue, R-Houma, seated left, during the start of the 2020 general legislative session in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, March 9, 2020. Gov. John Bel Edwards announced at the session that the state's first confirmed case of the COVID-19 Coronavirus was discovered today in Jefferson Parish. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

March 27, 2020

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Analysis: Louisiana lawmakers face budget tumult amid virus
March 27, 2020 4 p.m.

Analysis: Louisiana lawmakers face budget tumult amid virus

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana lawmakers who choose to show up Tuesday for a workday at the state Capitol will return to a political landscape reshaped by the coronavirus and to budget plans left in tatters by the state's worsening outbreak.