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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).

4.4.24

Convention as envisioned good but tricky

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If kept within the intended parameters, the (very) limited constitutional convention envisioned by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry and legisla...
3.4.24

More evidence of Edwards' dark days receding

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Rightly the negative legacy of Democrat former Gov. John Bel Edwards for the most part continues to slip into the sea, as the latest sign co...
2.4.24

Bossier school officials flunk ESA test

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Are the members of the Bossier Parish School Board and Superintendent Jason Rowland merely ignoramuses, or are they so craven as to put thei...
1.4.24

Good bill to do little to discourage panhandling

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The concept is sound, but the Legislature has a tricky road ahead if it wants to pass a statewide law to ban attempted panhandling that, if...
31.3.24

Easter Sunday, 2024

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This column publishes five days weekly after noon U.S. Central Time (maybe even after sundown on busy days, or maybe before noon if things w...
27.3.24

LA families to win with school choice bills

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Louisiana finally has a chance to get it right with school vouchers , while opponents to the idea keep getting it wrong, research shows. C...
25.3.24

Uncertain legality threatens BC charter review

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Legally impaired from the start, Bossier City’s Charter Review Commission finds itself hurtling towards a politicized and suspect outcome th...

Conservatives win, lose in tough LA environments

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For Louisiana’s Republicans when facing unfavorable local electoral environments, sometimes the magic works, and sometimes it doesn’t, resul...
21.3.24

LA Democrats seem willing to break election law

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What is a woman ? Louisiana Democrats might start having to explain themselves on this as their answer might endorse breaking state election...
20.3.24

Left refuses to see its causing LA depopulation

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A recent musing about Louisiana population loss contains a lot bathos, signifying the difficulty, if not unwillingness, that the state’s lef...
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