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Redistricting cause for concern
I spend a lot of hours this time of year traveling around the state doing legislative issues conferences in conjunction with local chambers of commerce.
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Nuclear power production in the aftermath of Japan
The voices of doom are already predicting the end for energy derived from nuclear reactors in the aftermath of the Japanese reactor failures. […]
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State’s approach to secondary education chaotic
The evolution of post-secondary education in Louisiana emulates neither efficiency nor logic.
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We deserve action and answers on federal debt
For decades, through numerous Congresses and presidential administrations led by both parties, budget deficits have expanded and the federal debt has soared. […]
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EPA regulations could cost consumers billions
The battle lines were firmly drawn on Feb. 9 in the war between Congress and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the EPA’s plans to regulate greenhouse gases, in particular, carbon dioxide.
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Obama administration taken to judicial woodshed
It was not a good week for the Obama administration in federal courts. In two high-profile issues, two different federal judges took Team Obama to the judicial woodshed with rulings that upset the administration’s applecart in two key areas.
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Renewable energy creates Obama paradox
In my column last week, I dwelled on how desperately President Obama wants a renewable energy bill as part of his legacy – – perhaps the defining accomplishment in that legacy (especially considering the lack of popularity of ObamaCare). […]
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Oil, gas drilling unlikely to return to normal
Left entirely to the whims of the Obama administration, there is little hope that oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico will remotely resemble the pre-moratorium activity levels any time soon. […]
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Several government trends to watch in 2011
Trends in government and economics don’t begin or end with a new year. They are a trail that moves through past and present into the future. […]