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Jim Beam column:Endorsement stirs controversy

When it comes to conservative politics, Republican state Attorney General Jeff Landry is as far to the right…

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Jim Beam column: What is outlook for Tuesday?

President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party controls both the House and Senate in the current 117th Congress, and that is…

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Jim Beam column:Higgins’ tweet his worst yet

The voters of Lake Charles, Lafayette, and every place in between are represented by the most shockingly crude…

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Jim Beam column:Four other unusual elections

Make no mistake about it. The 2020 presidential election was unlike any in this country’s 246-year history. And…

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Jim Beam column: ‘Elections are free, fair’

Auditor Paddy McGuire, a Democrat who oversees elections in Mason County, Wash., decided not to retire this year…

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Jim Beam column: Show our children we care

News reports about the way Louisiana treats its children are extremely depressing. The Daily Advertiser in Lafayette reported…

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Jim Beam column: Insurance audit great guide

Anyone who buys or sells property insurance in Louisiana would get some valuable and helpful information by reading…

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Jim Beam column: Is there no end to Trump?

Former President Donald Trump has left this country with many legal  problems after refusing to accept the fact he…

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Jim Beam column: Pujo made history in Congress

The Federal Reserve Board that has raised interest rates five times this year to try and curb inflation…

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Jim Beam column: Memories from another time

When you can remember reading by coal oil and kerosene lamps, using an outhouse, warming up by a…