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For most Americans, ‘No tax on tips’ is a great big gyp
(May 30) All the Republican members of Congress from Louisiana should explain why they are giving the economic equivalent of a middle finger to plumbers, nursing assistants, HVAC repairmen, graphic designers, […]
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Louisiana legislature messed up on big insurance bill
(May 28) State legislators failed to show enough spine to block or even improve a terribly misguided insurance-regulating bill, pushed by Gov. Jeff Landry, that will over-centralize overly arbitrary power […]
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A UNO campus gets named for Bob Livingston
(Print edition T-P, May 20) Bob Livingston is finally starting to get his due. On Monday, the longtime former congressman was told that the University of New Orleans will name […]
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On Louisiana’s quintessential cultural collage
(May 18, print edition, T-P) Apologies if this column seems like a written version of a collage, but please give it a chance to cohere. When earlier this spring I wrote […]
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Louisiana should not make homestead exemption even bigger
(May 15) The homestead exemption may be politically sacrosanct in Louisiana, but that is no good reason to make it even bigger. The state House Ways and Means Committee has advanced […]
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EDITORIAL: Re-do of Amendment Two is good to do
(Official editorial of the Advocate/Times-Picayune, May 18, 2025) In one way at least, the Louisiana Legislature seems poised to apply the right lessons from earlier losses. After voters overwhelmingly […]
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Conversion needed for wetlands diversion
(May 11) The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project has become a massive mess, and no easy solutions present themselves. Going forward, the best approach may be an incremental one. Begun with […]
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Landry’s insurance bill invites corruption
(May 7) The Louisiana Senate should not accept a bad insurance-rate bill pushed by Gov. Jeff Landry and passed by the state House. Unless the Senate adds at least one […]
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CLIFF SMITH: Ukraine needs and deserves victory
(Column by Cliff Smith in the Deseret News, May 10) Last week, President Donald Trump became concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “tapping him along” and didn’t seem to be […]
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GEORGE WILL: Trump does what Putin wants
(Column by George Will in the Washington Post, May 7, with sarcasm dripping from his keyboard) So this is “the art of the deal.” The author of the book with […]
