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Jim Beam column:Tax cuts aren’t trickling down
“Our state is a classic trickle-down economics state,” according to Dustin Granger of Lake Charles, a financial adviser ...
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Jim Beam column:Change comes hard in Louisiana
All of the major candidates for governor are telling voters they are going to solve Louisiana’s serious problems ...
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Jim Beam column:Picayune picks Waguespack
The endorsement of Republican Stephen Waguespack for Louisiana governor in the Oct. 14 primary by The Times-Picayune/Nola.com is ...
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Jim Beam column:Vaccine opposition puzzling
Opposition to getting vaccinated has always been surprising to me because of the many shots I have had ...
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Jim Beam column: AGs are not crime fighters
Five candidates have qualified in an effort to become the state’s next attorney general. Jeff Landry, who has ...
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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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Jim Beam column:Insurance may be hard to find
Longtime critics of the Louisiana insurance industry say the actions of five major companies destroy the myth that ...
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Jim Beam column: ‘The shoe is on the other foot’
Louisiana’s trial lawyers have been longtime supporters of Democrats while the companies they often sue for others have ...
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Jim Beam column: Old bridge repairs not answer
Opposition to plans for a new Interstate 10 bridge over the Calcasieu River here is extremely puzzling when ...
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Jim Beam column:Writer says ‘woke’ not so bad
When you woke up ready to face an eventual and happy day today, did you become a “woke” ...