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Jim Beam column:Landry loves to file lawsuits
Louisiana’s Republican state Attorney General Jeff Landry is busy running for governor with plenty of money in his…
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Jim Beam column: ‘You’ve got it, so spend it’
Randy Ewing of Quitman in Jackson Parish, a former president of the Louisiana Senate, had some wise advice…
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Jim Beam column: Lawmakers have spending issue
The Louisiana Legislature is quickly becoming a carbon copy of the U.S. Congress that can’t get much done.…
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Jim Beam column:Road to success was rocky
Eliminating an elective statewide position or making it appointive is never easy, and it has only happened twice…
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Jim Beam column: Appoint insurance commissioner
Now that Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says he isn’t running for re-election, it’s a good time to…
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Jim Beam column: State losing capable official
Former Republican President Donald Trump, an admitted election denier, and others who agree with him have succeeded in…
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Jim Beam column: Session facing dismal agenda
Any thoughts that Louisiana legislators would have a smooth session that opened Monday with many surplus millions to…
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Jim Beam column:Exercise creates friendships
What I consider to be my second family operates out of the Lake Charles-Ward 3 Recreation Center at…
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Jim Beam column: Population growth big problem
Louisiana lost its 8th Congressional District in 1993 and its 7th Congressional District in 2013. If current population trends continue,…
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Jim Beam column:Yes, the times have changed!
Former U.S. Sen. J. Bennett Johnston’s election to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1964 marked the beginning…