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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).

29.5.14

Bill defeat exposes "equal pay" advocates as hypocrites

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In two ways, the failure of HB 956 by state Rep. Julie Stokes proved helpful: it sidelined a bill whose supporters left open a door crac...
28.5.14

Implemented carefully, changed law to help disabled

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It may affect only around 4,000 children directly, but changes in high school diploma requirements for that population could impact account...
27.5.14

On Jindal health plan, some silence turns into hypocrisy

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The important story out front about the state’s efforts to increase government assistance for the poorer to obtain health care insurance rem...
26.5.14

Memorial Day, 2014

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This column publishes every Sunday through Thursday around noon U.S. Central Time (maybe even after sundown on busy days, or maybe befo...
25.5.14

Clueless Caddo commissioners may need replacing

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The previous commentary in this space queried whether members of the Caddo Parish Commission had learned anything from two defeats of a tax...
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...
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