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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).

25.5.23

BC, if not LA, should ban smoking at casinos

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Bossier City’s long history of trying to count coup on Shreveport for once might serve it well, with an opportunity presenting itself throug...
24.5.23

Combo bills increase tax-cutting leverage

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An alliance between those that don’t want to see smaller government in Louisiana and who understand the little use the state’s Quality Jobs ...
23.5.23

Election outsourcing prohibition tries third time

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Louisiana’s state senators need to emulate their House counterparts and give voters the chance to declare constitutionally that the state’s ...
22.5.23

Bonus bucks no reason to bust LA spending cap

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So, Louisiana has nearly three-quarters of a billion more bucks believed to flow into state coffers through fiscal year 2025, above and bey...
18.5.23

Horton, Seabaugh making themselves hard targets

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Let’s just say the timing of the old Bossier political establishment isn’t great this legislative election cycle. The Benton courthouse ga...
17.5.23

LA needs well-defined initiative process

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An initiative process isn’t a bad thing. Yet HB 165 by Democrat state Rep. Mandie Landry that would introduce this tool of direct democrac...
16.5.23

Social liberal Edwards losing grasp on power

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Besides offering more evidence of the unsuitability of Democrat Gov. John Bel Edwards to hold that position, or any other elective officer...
15.5.23

Senate threatens fiscally conservative bills

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Louisiana’s Republican voters need to have an intervention with some of their party’s state senators over their grasshopper free-spending pr...
11.5.23

Port fends off bill to clip its override power

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Having potentially grifted future Bossier City water customers, the Port of Caddo-Bossier might start putting things people don’t want next ...
10.5.23

Schexnayder political fortunes clearly waning

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Events over the past couple of weeks signal trouble ahead for Louisiana House of Representatives Republican Speaker Clay Schexnayder . Ter...
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