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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).

2.6.21

Ganja gambit fails, hazy consequences remain

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Call it the Ganja Gambit – a last-second desperation attempt to sway anti-tax Republican legislators to make permanent a 0.45 percent sales ...

Loosen nearly all LA campaign finance limits

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Let’s hope a quarter-measure to make election financing honest, transparent, and more reflective of a commitment to free speech marks the fi...
1.6.21

Spendthrift LA budget shortchanges public

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What’s the point in delivering a line-item veto-proof operating budget when you give the governor pretty much everything he wants? Last we...
31.5.21

Memorial Day, 2021

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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 before no...
30.5.21

Edwards virus policy caused net loss of life

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Finally, Louisiana Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards (mostly) set the state’s people free . The Wuhan coronavirus pandemic public health emerg...
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...
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