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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).

15.12.22

Bossier spending way up; public doesn't know why

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Bossier Parish contemplates spending for fiscal year 2023 that will leap by a fifth. If only citizens knew why without going to a lot of inc...
14.12.22

North LA racially polarized voting perhaps waning

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A couple of interesting theories about the nature of politics emerged from Shreveport’s recently-concluded mayor’s race, especially in conte...
13.12.22

Edwards one loser after Shreveport elections

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Shreveport city elections provided a bumper crop of winners and losers, besides the obvious mayoral victor Republican Tom Arceneaux and oth...
12.12.22

Race less relevant in north LA mayor elections

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It began in Monroe in 2020 and by the end of 2022 all four of north Louisiana’s major cities will have white mayors , mostly new and not Dem...
11.12.22

Arceneaux cracked black solidarity to triumph

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In understanding the Shreveport mayor’s election, the 2006 contest wasn’t the proper benchmark to explain Republican Tom Arceneaux’s upset ...
8.12.22

LA hasn't plague of locusts, but of pessimism

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Louisiana doesn’t suffer from the plague of locusts realignment theory, but from a plague of pessimism that poses a challenge its Republican...
7.12.22

Attack ad volley won't alter Tarver path to win

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Unsurprisingly and inevitably, first one then the other shoe dropped in Shreveport’s mayor race, muddying up a contest the candidates had ke...
6.12.22

Clearer still, Edwards virus policy cost lives

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If only Louisiana’s political culture had been different and Democrat John Bel Edwards not been governor, a significant portion of Louisian...
5.12.22

Lower income taxation may bring sports winners

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A s a recent blockbuster baseball deal showed , Louisiana legislators in the midst of studying an overhaul of the state’s tax system might w...
4.12.22

BC no bid fixation to grift taxpayers again

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This week , the Bossier City Council seems poised to offer up another sweetheart deal to public works contractor Manchac Consulting Group a...
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