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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).

20.6.13

Veto of surrogacy bill best on moral, policy bases

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Gov. Bobby Jindal has a tough call to make on state Sen. Gary Smith ’s SB 162 . Proper weighing of its good and bad points, the moral impor...
19.6.13

N. LA legislators made more chaff than wheat this session

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Most high-profile legislation offered by north Louisiana legislators this past session for the area and the state failed to win passage. And...
18.6.13

Leger pleads to put more Democrat policies in place

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Trying to rebuild the Democrat brand in Louisiana is a tough task, even when you have an easy audience of reporters whose ideological faith ...
17.6.13

Voters poised to let queued-up sick tax infect LA

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Regrettably, Gov. Bobby Jindal recently signed into law what may not be technically a tax increase by law, but in spirit is nothing more t...
16.6.13

More money, access won't solve for too few LA degreed

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That Louisiana barely maintains second-to-last place among the states in terms of proportion of adult population with a college degrees tel...
13.6.13

Overdue end coming to govt-paid LA bus service

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There’s no reason to end the LA Swift service. But there’s every reason to end any state or local government involvement in it. L...
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12.6.13

Landrieu distorts, fibs for cover on Obamacare vote

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With the necessity of an election now less than a year-and-a-half away, Sen. Mary Landrieu knows her reelection chances are most imperiled ...
11.6.13

Policy-makers fail public again on film tax credit reform

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While tax reform to begin the process of eliminating the income tax would have been great to have achieved, the single largest disappointmen...
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10.6.13

Guillory switch unhinges Democrats, with more to come?

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Until last week, the U.S. Senate had more black Republicans in it – Sem. Tim Scott – than did all of the states’ (50 if we include Nebraska...
9.6.13

Clash of populism, principle within GOP defined session

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At the close of the 2013 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature, some speculated that potentially a new day could be dawning in the s...
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