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Jim Beam column: New map divides Calcasieu

Legislators who represent Calcasieu, Ouachita, St. Bernard, and some other parishes are definitely unhappy with a redistricting bill ...

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Jim Beam column:More questions for Blue Cross

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana officials have  been answering questions from policyholders about its proposed $2.5 ...

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Jim Beam column:Session makes major changes

Republican Gov. Jeff Landry got his closed primary bill through the GOP-controlled Legislature, but it has undergone major ...

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Jim Beam column:Landry controls the session

Early information coming out of the special legislative session that began Monday indicates Republican Gov. Jeff Landry will ...

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Jim Beam column: Closed primaries favor parties

The Louisiana Republican Party doesn’t like the state’s open primary election system. That is apparently the reason GOP ...

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Jim Beam column:Blue Cross sale still bad deal

A Lafayette resident who wrote about the proposed $2.5 billion sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ...

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Jim Beam column: Edwards met the challenges

Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is leaving office Monday with many reasons to be proud of his eight ...

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Jim Beam column: Presidential primary coming

Louisiana voters haven’t heard much about it, but there is going to be a presidential preference primary in ...

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Jim Beam column: Landry facing major challenges

Gov. John Bel Edwards is definitely leaving Louisiana in much better shape than he found it eight years ...

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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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