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Jim Beam column:New constitution no slam dunk
While doing some research on Louisiana’s 1974 constitution, I ran across a headline that caught my attention. The headline on an April 24, 1974, American ...
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Jim Beam column:Blacks waiting for new seats
Justice continues to move slowly for Black Americans. Louisiana legislators knew as far back as 1992 that the state should have a second majority-Black congressional ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, March 20, 2024 6:46 am
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Jim Beam column:Elections, education top issues
Louisiana legislators have filed some 40 bills dealing with state elections and many others on education. One of the election bills, if it passes, should ...
by Jim Beam, Saturday, March 16, 2024 6:21 am
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Jim Beam column: Legislator targeting Edwards
Republican state Sen. Alan Seabaugh of Shreveport has set a spiteful goal for the GOP Jeff Landry administration and the supermajority Republican Legislature that is ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, March 13, 2024 6:35 am
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Jim Beam column: Do we need new constitution?
Do we really want a supermajority Republican Legislature to rewrite our state constitution? GOP Gov. Jeff Landry’s special crime session proves those Democratic lawmakers who ...
by Jim Beam, Saturday, March 9, 2024 7:52 am
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How three Calcasieu police jurors accomplished major reform in only one term in the 1970s
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series. Three Lake Charles men who were elected to the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury in 1971 ...
by Jim Beam, Thursday, March 7, 2024 11:42 am
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Jim Beam column:Voters definitely not happy
Paul Miller, 84, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has said what many people in this country are saying about Democratic President Joe Biden and former Republican President ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, March 6, 2024 6:37 am
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Jim Beam column:Criminal justice much tougher
If Louisiana didn’t already have a reputation as a law-and-order state, it definitely has one now. The supermajority Republican Legislature at the crime special session ...
by Jim Beam, Saturday, March 2, 2024 7:31 am
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Jim Beam column:Citizens facing new challenges
A new governor and state insurance commissioner have wasted no time in letting Louisiana citizens know about some major changes coming in their lives. Republican ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, February 28, 2024 6:35 am
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Jim Beam column:Johnson, Scalise challenged
When conservative columnists begin to talk about the folly of refusing to send aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia, it’s time for all ...