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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 changes made by a Senate committee. On ...
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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 apparently get everything he wanted from lawmakers. ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 7:12 am
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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 Gov. Jeff Landry wants lawmakers to switch ...
by Jim Beam, Saturday, January 13, 2024 6:44 am
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Three SW La. legislators to chair House committees
Three Southwest Louisiana legislators have been named chairmen of committees in the state House of Representatives. Sen. Mike Reese, R-Leesville, has been named chairman of ...
by Jim Beam, Friday, January 12, 2024 6:16 pm
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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 Louisiana to Elevance Health of Indianapolis back ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 6:27 am
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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 years in office. In his farewell address ...
by Jim Beam, Saturday, January 6, 2024 7:31 am
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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 the state on March 23. However, the ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, January 3, 2024 6:39 am
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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 ago, but his work isn’t finished. The ...
by Jim Beam, Saturday, December 30, 2023 6:41 am
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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 hear back in April that six of ...
by Jim Beam, Wednesday, December 27, 2023 6:59 am
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Jim Beam column:Mailing checks complicated
Most of us never thought we would have to drive to the post office just to mail a check. Now, it’s being recommended by postal ...