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Jim Beam column: Tolls have become testy topic

Nobody wants tolls on the new bridge proposed for Interstate 10 over the Calcasieu River at Lake Charles. ...

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Jim Beam column: Readers lost trusted newspaper

Newspapers in this country are undergoing some changes that are not popular with their subscribers. However, in most cases those ...

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Jim Beam column: 1971-72 election set records

The 1971-72 governor’s election is one of the most historic elections in Louisiana history for a number of ...

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Jim Beam column: Lundy is No. 4 from Lake City

If memory serves me correctly, Lake Charles has had only four major candidates for Louisiana governor, but reformer ...

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Jim Beam column:Governor’s election isn’t over

If campaign money and endorsements were all anyone needed, Louisiana wouldn’t have to hold a gubernatorial election on ...

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Jim Beam column: Nelson campaign on target

The candidate for Louisiana governor who is in last place in the polls has perhaps the best solution ...

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Jim Beam column:’No party’ not popular choice

Political independents have become equal in size to the two major political parties in this country. Unfortunately, the ...

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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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