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Jim Beam column: Country’s division disturbing
This country may be more politically divided than ever before when you read about conservatives moving to red…
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Jim Beam column: It’s newspaper survival story
“CBS News Sunday Morning” had a story on newspapers last Sunday that sounds much like a formula for…
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Jim Beam column: Veto override session likely
Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed five items in the Legislature’s state budget bill, 18 funds for projects in…
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Jim Beam column:Landry playing by his rules
Republican state Attorney General Jeff Landry has decided he isn’t going to appear with any of the other…
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Jim Beam column: Paying for roads gets tougher
Louisiana’s 20-cent-per-gallon gasoline tax that was last increased in 1990 hasn’t put a dent in the state’s $15…
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Jim Beam column: Charity requests are unsettling
When anyone who gives to charitable causes gets 14 letters seeking additional contributions in one day, it’s easy…
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Jim Beam column:Conservatives have right flank
Once upon a time being a conservative politician was all a person needed to be. However, these days…
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Jim Beam column: Ford said, “Clean your plates”
Inflation has been one of President Joe Biden’s biggest problems, but he has failed to use the late-President…
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Jim Beam column: Law targets 17-year-olds
The Louisiana Legislature made a positive juvenile justice move in 2016 when it passed the “Raise the Age”…
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Jim Beam column:Session ended in controversy
One of the most hectic 30 minutes in recent legislative history occurred Thursday as the House speaker rushed…