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Jeffrey D. Sadow is an associate professor of political science at Louisiana State University Shreveport. If you're an elected official, political operative or anyone else upset at his views, don't go bothering LSUS or LSU System officials about that because these are his own views solely. This publishes five days weekly with the exception of 7 holidays. Also check out his Louisiana Legislature Log especially during legislative sessions (in "Louisiana Politics Blog Roll" below).

23.5.13

Outlay deviation proper to address inefficient system

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Moving through the legislative process is SB 204 , a bill that causes perplexed and contradictory reactions, but seldom any real understandi...
22.5.13

House balking imperils good higher education reforms

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Two higher education reform bills failed to pass yesterday in the Louisiana Legislature. While one appears to be a goner, passage of the oth...
21.5.13

Bill promotes unwise reshuffling, procedural duplication

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While it may spark a useful discussion on a larger question of government organization, the proposal for Louisiana to create a Department o...
20.5.13

Recent race cautions about raising judicial salaries

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This week, the Louisiana Legislature will continue its look at raising judicial salaries again with state Sen. Danny Martiny 's SB 188 ...
19.5.13

Hypocritical rant shows high stakes for funding renewal

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The hypocrisy demonstrated in a statement made by a Louisiana legislator – likely shared by many of her partisan colleagues – illuminates th...
16.5.13

Manage surplus right to spare both vouchers, hawks

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All of Gov. Bobby Jindal and chicken/budget “hawks” everywhere ought to be glad that the Revenue Estimating Conference agreed on a higher ...
15.5.13

Poll confirms Landrieu reelection hope deteriorating

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Dueling polls give a conflicting picture on how Louisianans react to expanded gun control. But the real story emerging is how Democrat Sen. ...
14.5.13

Anti-privatization bills touted with delusion, dishonesty

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Today at hearings of the House and Governmental Affairs Committee , state Rep. Kenny Havard might repeat what he said about his HB 240 on ...
13.5.13

Extra sporting event impact can't justify higher taxes

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It no longer may be called the Independence Bowl, but Shreveport’s AdvoCare V100 Bowl keeps on defying expectations with its continued exis...
10.5.13

To get rid of one-time money, hawks embrace it

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Q: What do “fiscal hawks” do when they want to spend scarlet “one-time money” on general fund operating expenses? A: They call it “amne...
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