Edwards agrees to fee exemption, ag department advertising

BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to exempt veterans from having to pay a state fee to get a concealed carry permit and to let the state agriculture department sell ads for its property.Those were among the bill signings announced by the governor's office Wednesday.A five-year concealed carry permit costs $125 and a lifetime permit costs $500, with veterans currently charged half the fee's price tag. Edwards signed a bill to do away with the fees for veterans.The governor also agree