Between The Lines

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).

22.5.14

Present form of spill award bill invites tax increase

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It’s the ultimate in windfall money, but strings attached to some of its use threaten to create a budget situation where spending the bonus ...
21.5.14

Mutated contracts bill to cause more trouble than worth

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The paradox about a bill to reduce contracting costs by Louisiana is that in order to save its intent you have to destroy its intent. ...
20.5.14

Just one certainty to CD 5 race: no repeat of last time

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Candidates for Louisiana’s Fifth Congressional District have started percolating to the surface, with at this point the only sure things abo...
19.5.14

Fortress St. Tammany goes crazy over Coke bottle

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A: Horizontal hydraulic fracturing. Q: What is the Coke bottle in St. Tammany Parish? In 1980, a small-budget South African m...
18.5.14

If they must redistrict, at-large plan best for BR courts

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A complex constitutional situation is being made even more complicated by resistance to a bill that may or may not be necessary, putting Lou...
15.5.14

Bizarre complaint threatens children's opportunities

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It’s tough to decide what’s more shocking about a complaint a few special interest groups have brought against Louisiana education age...
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14.5.14

Lack of culture challenging explains Jindal poll recovery

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There’s no mystery as to why Gov. Bobby Jindal ’s poll numbers over his terms in office have bounced from great to floundering and now almos...
13.5.14

Reaction to Jindal plan exposes liberal elite's hypocrisy

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You would have thought that, after months of jawboning and grandstanding and editorializing about how people below the poverty line should r...
12.5.14

Tuition reforms seek to change TOPS from welfare

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While on this issue reformers have lost and lost again, there’s a glimmer of hope in this legislative session for some minor modification of...
11.5.14

Taxpayers save with benefits reserve at appropriate level

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Louisiana’s reserves to pay out medical claims of state employees, dependents, and retired employees and dependents has declined by about ha...
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