Stalemate emerges between state, north La. hospital operator

BATON ROUGE - Gov. John Bel Edwards' administration appears to be in a stalemate with the manager of the state-owned charity hospitals in Monroe and Shreveport.The Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana has refused to sign off on renegotiated terms of its deal with the state, financing and other changes sought by the Edwards administration.A Friday deadline passed without the foundation, known as BRF, agreeing to the terms. The foundation's leadership hasn't responded to Associate