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Campaigns spin economic data in governor’s race

LOUISIANA SPOTLIGHT

By Gov. John Bel Edwards’ telling, Louisiana’s economy is on the mend, growing and creating new jobs after exiting a recession. By his Republican opponents’ accounts, the state economy is in a slump, spiraling into a deep decline.

As often happens with campaign talking points, the reality rests somewhere in the murky middle between the competing rosy interpretation and starkly …

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