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Jim Beam column: Gerstner Field remembered
Veterans Day 2024 has revived interest in what was at one time Gerstner Field, one of the largest…
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Jim Beam column: Don’t wait up to see who won
Although I wasn’t polled, I am among the 7 in 10 Americans whom The Associated Press reported Thursday…
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Jim Beam column:Tax reform plan complicated
Gov. Jeff Landry has issued a 23-item call for a special legislative session to begin Nov. 6 and…
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Jim Beam column: State didn’t need Project 2025
Although former President Donald Trump says he knows “nothing” about Project 2025, it is expected to be a…
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Jim Beam column: Can we survive today’s lies?
A Port Allen, Louisiana, woman has expressed the sentiments of many Americans, including mine, about the sad state…
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Jim Beam column:Electoral College not perfect
The fact that seven swing states are hogging all of the attention during the current presidential campaign has…
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Jim Beam column:Swing states now in control
“Louisiana no longer a swing state,” which was a Sunday headline in The Advocate, caught my attention. I…
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Jim Beam column:Landry tax plan complicated
Louisiana voters are getting bits and pieces of Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax reform plan that they may…
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Jim Beam column:What can vice presidents do?
U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, former Republican President Donald Trump’s running mate, blamed Vice President Kamala Harris,…
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Jim Beam column:Can tax reform really happen?
Gov. Jeff Landry wants to call a special legislative session in November to begin lowering the state’s income…