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Jim Beam column:GOP is changing voting laws
When it comes to presidential elections, swing states have stolen the thunder from other states. In the 2020…
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Jim Beam column:Medical trailer will save lives
Some 4,600 residents in 10 counties and parishes in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi are going to be…
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Jim Beam column: Flood insurance costs rising
The cost of my National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) coverage has doubled over the last six years. However,…
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Jim Beam column:Leave new bridge money alone
The Louisiana Legislature faces a $587 million shortfall for the 2025-26 fiscal year and has some alternatives for…
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Jim Beam column:Don’t tinker with civil service
The state’s classified civil service employees came close during the recent legislative session of losing the job protections…
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Jim Beam column: Auto premiums ‘eating our lunch’
When it comes to auto insurance, Louisiana motorists definitely “got the short end of the stick” at the…
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Jim Beam column:Landry closing public records
When it comes to releasing public government records, Gov. Jeff Landry has stolen a page out of former…
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Jim Beam column:Popular mail-in voting targeted
Americans love mail-in voting, but Republican-led legislatures are doing their best to make absentee voting more difficult. Louisiana…
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Jim Beam column: Constitution is safe — for now
Louisiana citizens have apparently been spared the possibility that the state Legislature might meet for another special session…
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Jim Beam column: Calcasieu voters face changes
Calcasieu Parish legislators through the years have succeeded in keeping all of the parish in the same congressional…