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Jim Beam column:Early advice still important
When I first became a full-time newspaper reporter in January of 1961, some of the first advice I ... Read more
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Jim Beam column:State auto insurance sky high
The Louisiana Legislature is supposed to tackle the high cost of auto insurance when it meets in regular ... Read more
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Jim Beam column:Legislators set record in 2024
If Louisiana citizens are lucky, members of their Legislature will spend much less time in Baton Rouge in ... Read more
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Jim Beam column: 94,000 getting Social Security
Louisiana citizens continue to get both good and bad news, but most of the recent news has been ... Read more
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Jim Beam column:Prophets told us He was coming
Americans love prophecies, which are defined as “the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.” Today we ... Read more
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Jim Beam column:Time change becomes hot topic
Republican President-elect Donald Trump wants to end daylight saving time and that has revived what has been a ... Read more
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Jim Beam column: Is insurance our No. 1 problem?
Gov. Jeff Landry and the Republican-dominated state Legislature have taken the first steps to do away with state ... Read more
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Jim Beam column:Bad drivers, texts are problem
Two problems have been bugging me for quite some time. First is the almost total absence of traffic ... Read more
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Jim Beam column:Most voters are staying home
The election of Republican Sid Edwards as mayor-president of East Baton Rouge Parish was perhaps the most significant ... Read more
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Jim Beam column:Opportunist wants Cassidy’s job
The next congressional elections don’t come until 2026, but the vultures (birds of prey) are already beginning to ... Read more