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Jim Beam column:Landry wants to change Medicaid
The over half-million Louisianans who qualified for Medicaid after it was expanded eight years ago were happy to…
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Jim Beam column:Mailing checks complicated
Most of us never thought we would have to drive to the post office just to mail a…
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Jim Beam column:Blue Cross sale still unpopular
Some changes have been made to the plan to sell Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to…
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Jim Beam column:Looking back at 2016 politics
“What’s wrong with Jim?” A good friend of mine said he was asked that question many times during…
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Jim Beam column: Ukrainians gain major victory
What a sad day it is for this country when the U.S. Congress continues to hold up financial…
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Jim Beam column:State’s voters staying home
Southwest Louisiana has four senators and nine representatives in the state Legislature and three of the senators and…
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Jim Beam column: Blue Cross sale back in news
Negotiations for the controversial sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Elevance Health, a national…
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Jim Beam column:Election maps tied up in court
Keeping up with Louisiana’s reapportionment legal cases is no easy task. The state Legislature drew new election district…
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Jim Beam column: School choice was big winner
Conservative public officials and some syndicated newspaper columnists don’t like public schools. When a new Republican-dominated Louisiana Legislature meets…
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Jim Beam column: Worldwide events important
Three stories from other parts of the world caught my attention this week and it’s easy to explain…