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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).

29.11.18

LA policy-makers must extend smoking ban

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The good news is the smoking ban in East Baton Rouge Parish, including Baton Rouge, is producing the intended effect . The bad news is some ...
28.11.18

Edwards politicizes by calling others political

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Politics were on display when Louisiana’s Revenue Estimating Conference met last week ironically with the agent politicizing the process acc...
27.11.18

Leger likely to challenge Landry, lose

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Louisiana Republican Atty. Gen. Jeff Landry likely will draw a high-profile Democrat challenger, but is unlikely to lose his reelection bid...
26.11.18

Kennedy correct: voting a privilege, not right

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When Louisiana’s junior Republican Sen. John Kennedy calls voting a “privilege,” constitutionally he’s correct. Kennedy, who occasionall...
25.11.18

The Advocate column, Nov. 25, 2018

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Gov. Edwards' push for Medicaid expansion cost Louisiana taxpayers $62M of wasted money https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion...
23.11.18

Audit deals blow to Nungesser reelection hopes

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The agency overseen by Republican Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser in responding to a tough state audit probably gave a good hint of a combative r...
22.11.18

Thanksgiving Day, 2018

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This column publishes usually every Sunday through Thursday around  noon (sometimes even before; maybe even after sundown on busy days) ...
20.11.18

LA blanket primary won't go away anytime soon

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Louisiana’s blanket primary election system won’t be going away anytime soon because, for now, elites dependent upon it want it. Official...
19.11.18

Modest proposal to end LA film tax credit waste

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Here’s the solution to ameliorating the damage from Louisiana’s porous Motion Picture Investors Tax Credit – defeat Democrat Gov. John Bel E...
18.11.18

The Advocate column, Nov. 18, 2018

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New Orleans City Council shouldn't reverse Entergy decision for these reasons  https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/opinion/jeff_sad...
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