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The Ward 3 Recreation District of Calcasieu Parish has a $30-million bond proposition on the Saturday, April 27, ballot that, if approved, will fund new ...
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by Jim Beam, Sunday, April 14, 2024 2:29 pm
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The Louisiana House has approved two religion-related measures by wide margins and sent them to the state Senate. One would require that public schools display ...
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by Jim Beam, Saturday, April 13, 2024 11:57 am
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The latest moves by some members of Louisiana’s supermajority Republican Legislature to increase GOP Gov. Jeff Landry’s power are simply unbelievable. One former public official ...
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by Jim Beam, Saturday, April 13, 2024 7:03 am
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The proposed eight-week summer constitutional convention backed by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry wouldn’t be the first since the current constitution was approved in 1974. Rep. ...
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by Jim Beam, Wednesday, April 10, 2024 6:06 am
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Republican Gov. Jeff Landry has only been in office four months, but it’s been long enough to find out that he and his legislative supporters ...
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by Jim Beam, Saturday, April 6, 2024 6:48 am
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Is there no end to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s efforts to achieve political power? Now, he wants the power to name the chairpersons of the ...
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by Jim Beam, Wednesday, April 3, 2024 6:37 am
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When someone tells you writing a new Louisiana constitution is much easier said than done, believe them. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry wants to rewrite the ...
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by Jim Beam, Saturday, March 30, 2024 7:10 am
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The fact that newspapers are struggling is old news, but it’s time for an update and Governing magazine offered one earlier this month. The story ...
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by Jim Beam, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 6:19 am
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While doing some research on Louisiana’s 1974 constitution, I ran across a headline that caught my attention. The headline on an April 24, 1974, American ...
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by Jim Beam, Saturday, March 23, 2024 6:40 am
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Justice continues to move slowly for Black Americans. Louisiana legislators knew as far back as 1992 that the state should have a second majority-Black congressional ...
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by Jim Beam, Wednesday, March 20, 2024 6:46 am
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