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Jim Beam column:Tax breaks hard to eliminate
Louisiana legislators love to give tax exemptions. The state gave away $7.5 billion of those exemptions in 2023, ...
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Jim Beam column:I won’t be joining MAHA plan
Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, Surgeon General Ralph L. Abraham, GOP state Sens. Mike Fesi of Houma and Patrick ...
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Jim Beam column:Landry loves political power
Louisiana’s Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, who in the last year has been given more power and authority than ...
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Jim Beam column:Vehicle inspections to continue
Louisiana Rep. Larry Bagley is like the Energizer battery “bunny that keeps on ticking.” The Republican from Stonewall ...
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Jim Beam column:Two bad bills have surfaced
Every session of the Louisiana Legislature — regular or special — has a good number of bad bills. ...
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Jim Beam column:’Bubba’ Henry was visionary
E.L. “Bubba” Henry, a country lawyer from Jonesboro who directed more to streamline operations of the Louisiana Legislature ...
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Jim Beam column:Governor has his billionaire
Louisiana’s Republican Gov. Jeff Landry continues to blame philanthropist and billionaire George Soros for the defeat of Amendment ...
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Jim Beam column:Motorists ‘at their wits’ end’
You would think that the high cost of auto insurance is so controversial in Louisiana that its public ...
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Jim Beam column:Who is real Senator Kennedy?
The U.S. Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana that I knew when he worked for two Louisiana governors and ...
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Jim Beam column:Auto insurance is top issue
Legislators have so far filed 21 bills dealing with efforts to reduce the cost of auto insurance. Gov. ...