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Jim Beam column:Voters like early, mail voting
The Georgia re-election race won by Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock proved to be a wake-up call for…
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Jim Beam column:Conversation cools conflict
Americans aren’t talking with one another much these days, but they are communicating. Unfortunately, most of the time…
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Jim Beam column:Get flashing lights at schools
Driving through five school zones on my way to exercise every day has become a learning experience. Some…
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Jim Beam column:Readers react to Press changes
OK, I get it. Some readers are upset about the loss of their Sunday and Monday editions. I’m…
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Jim Beam column: Long sounded lot like Trump
While Huey Long was a U.S. senator who had strong control over the Louisiana Legislature in 1934, he…
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Jim Beam column:Low property taxes popular
Advocates for eliminating the state’s income tax continue to insist doing it would keep workers in the state…
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Jim Beam column: It’s great day for families
Families influence our lives in more ways than we can imagine and there is no better time to…
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Jim Beam column:Cassidy doing well in Senate
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, made a wise decision when he announced he wasn’t running for governor…
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Jim Beam column: Keep funding Ukraine freedom
The unholy war being waged in Ukraine by Vladimir Putin has troubled me since the first day the…
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Jim Beam column: Voting results taking too long
The Tuesday midterm election has been over for more than four days now and Americans apparently still don’t…