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Jim Beam column:Redistricting is complex issue
The redrawing of election district lines for six Louisiana public bodies is under way at the special legislative…
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Jim Beam column:State budget plan good one
Louisiana legislators at their regular session beginning March 14 will have $2.83 billion in additional dollars to spend,…
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Jim Beam column: Bridges major budget topic
New bridges at Lake Charles and Baton Rouge took center stage Tuesday when the Joint Legislative Committee on…
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Jim Beam column: What’s next for casting votes?
A new 2021 voting law requires that Louisiana use a voting system that creates some kind of paper…
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Jim Beam column:Expect dissension at session
Black spokespersons at nine public hearings on the redrawing of election lines for six Louisiana public bodies have…
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Jim Beam column:’One Small Step’ might do it
Robert Love, the editor-in-chief of the AARP magazine, in its December/January issue asked some important questions. “Why are…
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Jim Beam column: Other elections controversial
The United States has had some unusual presidential elections in its history, but none that became as violent…
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Jim Beam column:Jan. 6 hearings are coming
The fact that the U.S. House of Representatives is investigating the insurrection that occurred at the U.S. Capitol…
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Jim Beam column:Faith gives life meaning
When I wrote about the different families in my life last week, I forgot to mention one of…
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Jim Beam column:Our divided country is hurting
Most Americans know this country is equally divided politically, socially and by almost any other measure available. The…