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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).

27.5.21

LA Senate tax hike try may hang GOP out to dry

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A late session sleight-of-hand stupidly supported by some of the Louisiana Senate’s most conservative members may provide the first test for...
26.5.21

LA Supreme Court expansion wasteful, useless

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No constitutional or legal reason exists to justify the waste of taxpayer dollars on the altar of increased employment of elected officials ...
25.5.21

Conservative bloc needs to usher out Schexnayder

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For the good of Louisiana, House of Representatives conservative Republicans need to have an intervention with GOP Speaker Clay Schexnayder ...
24.5.21

Preserve fiscal bonus to pay looming LA debts

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So, you get handed around nearly $700 million and are told you can spend almost half of it on anything over the next year starting Jul. 1, a...
23.5.21

Local bills to create more responsive govts

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Citizens on both sides of the Red River appear on the way to bringing more responsive government , despite opponents to that using misdirect...
20.5.21

LA should pile on rout of intolerant NCAA

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Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards and other opponents of SB 156 just struck out. The bill by Republican state Sen. Beth Mizell would disal...
19.5.21

Reform BC bid practices for better governance

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The deed was done . How can Bossier Citians avoid the possibility of wasted taxpayer resources in the future? This week, the lame-duck Bos...
18.5.21

Bill fate to test futures of governor, speaker

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Over the next month, one bill will impact profoundly the careers of a couple of high-profile Louisiana politicians. That potentially redef...
17.5.21

Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III, 1943-2021

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My employer Louisiana State University Shreveport only recently passed the half-century mark in age. Today, it lost its most famous instruct...
16.5.21

GOP leaders must deliver on sensible bills

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Largely out of the headlines, Louisiana’s Republican-led Legislature has made quiet inroads on some do-over legislation that stand a good c...
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