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Jim Beam column: Elections job is major choice
Voters often cast ballots at polls based on candidates and issues they don’t like. In the 2016 presidential ...
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Tips to keep the kiddos safe tonight
As superheroes, cartoon characters, monsters and witches emerge for Halloween, Louisiana Red Cross is urging safety to ensure ...
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American Press endorsements: Yes on Amendment 1; no position on No. 2
Louisiana voters on Nov. 8 are being asked to decide the fate of eight proposed amendments to the ...
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Jim Beam column: Insurance audit great guide
Anyone who buys or sells property insurance in Louisiana would get some valuable and helpful information by reading ...
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Guest editorial: We all have role to play in lives of our youth
By Karl Bruchhaus I vividly remember the June night in 1974 on Father’s Day like it was yesterday. ...
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Jim Beam column: Speed up rural internet
Anytime I lose my internet connection, panic sets in quickly. Unfortunately, many citizens in the state’s rural parishes ...
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Editorial: Recovery from Ida has complications
The prospects for getting southeast Louisiana up and running near full speed anytime soon are slim to none. ...
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Our View: Charitable giving at all-time high
Despite a year filled with a pandemic, job losses, business closures, hurricanes, floods and an ice storm, America’s ...
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Editorial: It’s imperative to get vaccine
Now, more than ever, it’s imperative for Louisianans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccines have undergone extensive ...
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Editorial: La. native now on Supreme Court
Staff Congratulations to native-born Louisianian Amy Coney Barrett on her elevation to the highest court in the nation, ...