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MILLIONS SPENT ON PRESIDENTIAL ADS
Virginia-based media company Borrell Associates has released a report forecasting that political advertising in 2016 will eclipse $11.4 billion nationally. This is 20 percent higher than the total of the last presidential cycle in
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KEEPING WATCH ON OIL PRICES
The state’s budget handlers correctly say there’s nothing to panic about. For now. They add that there’s no reason yet to believe the current fiscal year budget requires an adjustment. But eyeballs are nonetheless
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GEYMANN IN THE RUNNING
If Congressmen Charles Boustany and John Fleming run for the U.S. Senate next year, the 3rd and 4th Districts will become open seats. Already there’s a lot of momentum in the Lafayette-Lake Charles-anchored district.
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POLITICAL NOTEOOK
State’s Fiscal Future Uncertain The state’s new fiscal year started on July 1 with a budget that lawmakers and the Jindal Administration say is balanced. But Louisiana’s long-term financial outlook remains as murky as ever,
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Tough Session For Business The business lobby notched a small win on the final day of the legislative session when a handful of bills targeting Louisiana companies and the taxes they pay were given
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SAY WHAT?!?
By Jeremy Alford “I feel like I’m the last fella who married Elizabeth Taylor,” said Sen. Robert Adley, upon being asked to address a meeting of oil executives during the legislative session that ended
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POLITICAL NOTEBOOK
Geymann Looks To Future Having just hammered out what was thought to be an impossible compromise on Common Core, and with term limits awaiting him this fall, Rep. Brett Geymann, R-Lake Charles, is starting
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FIELD FOR GOVERNOR
Not Settled Tony Clayton, a special prosecutor for the 18th Judicial District Court, is considering a run for governor as speculation grows about the impact an African-American Democrat would have on the early, all-white
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DARDENNE BRINGS ON FOSTER HANDLER
Old-timers on press row will certainly recognize the name of Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne’s new communications director for his gubernatorial campaign. Consultant George Kennedy has hired Marsanne Golsby, press secretary to former Gov. Mike
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RACE FOR HOUSE SPEAKERS
Although the governor has traditionally enjoyed tremendous influence over whom the House selects as its leader — and even though the gubernatorial contest is far from being decided — there are already 10 representatives
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