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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).

21.5.15

Poison pill threatens beneficial higher education reform

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The seemingly contradictory actions within the Louisiana House of Representatives continue a disappointing session for higher educat...
20.5.15

Jindal order protecting liberty good policy, politics

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Producing both good politics and policy, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s executive order essentially promulgating the contents of HB ...
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19.5.15

Common Core supporters win in LA by TKO

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In the parlance of the recent fight between Evander Holyfield and Mitt Romney , in Louisiana the winner by technical knockout was pro-C...
18.5.15

End special union privilege with paycheck protection

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As there is no intellectually defensible reason why labor unions should receive special privileges from taxpayers, hopefully enough ...
17.5.15

Democrat tactical voting appearing in race for gov

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Presented with a quandary about whether to support their party in this year’s gubernatorial contest, Democrats are responding in a way...
14.5.15

Alario budget strategy making him conservatives' friend

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Oddly, if not ironically, conservatives may end up having Sen. Pres. John Alario to thank for keeping the focus on right-sized, sensible ...
13.5.15

Higher education policy going badly wrong this session

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While budgetary constraints present in this cycle could have pressured Louisiana to embark on a long overdue and needed reshaping of it...
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12.5.15

Caddo voters, commissioners continue wasting money

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Seven-hundreths of a mill isn’t a lot, but it may have saved the taxpayers’ mother’s milk to the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwes...
11.5.15

Like herpes, worse comparable worth bill returns

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It’s not that bad bills make it into law in Louisiana – it happens far too often. It’s that you would not expect that a committee would ...
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10.5.15

Unnecessary tax increases could haunt propagators

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If Louisiana’s disease was a budget imbalance, it’s hard to see where the alleged cure of tax increases was not worse. Which may require ano...
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