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Jim Beam column:Temple likes three auto bills
Auto insurance reform has been the major issue of the current legislative fiscal session and six bills have…
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Jim Beam column:It’s too early to cut taxes
Republicans in the Louisiana Legislature are much like their colleagues in Congress. They love to cut taxes and…
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Jim Beam column: Ethics, campaigns on hit list
Louisiana legislators have obviously decided they don’t want to have to worry much about whether they are performing…
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Jim Beam column:School choice has drawbacks
Gov. Jeff Landry and many Republicans in the Legislature are conveniently overlooking some major drawbacks in their proposed…
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Jim Beam column:Tax breaks hard to eliminate
Louisiana legislators love to give tax exemptions. The state gave away $7.5 billion of those exemptions in 2023,…
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Jim Beam column:I won’t be joining MAHA plan
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, Surgeon General Ralph L. Abraham, GOP state Sens. Mike Fesi of Houma and Patrick…
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Jim Beam column:Landry loves political power
Louisiana’s Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, who in the last year has been given more power and authority than…
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Jim Beam column:Vehicle inspections to continue
Louisiana Rep. Larry Bagley is like the Energizer battery “bunny that keeps on ticking.” The Republican from Stonewall…
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Jim Beam column:Two bad bills have surfaced
Every session of the Louisiana Legislature — regular or special — has a good number of bad bills.…
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Jim Beam column:’Bubba’ Henry was visionary
E.L. “Bubba” Henry, a country lawyer from Jonesboro who directed more to streamline operations of the Louisiana Legislature…