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	<title>Talk About the South: An Opinion Blog &#187; Louisiana</title>
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		<title>Time to fight the casino in Robert</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 03:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman I was surprised, shocked, and a little dumbfounded by the news of a casino coming to Tangipahoa Parish. The site, a flood zone south of I-12 and across from Champ Cooper Elementary School, sounded like a joke. &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/time-to-fight-the-the-casino-in-robert/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Naming the TOPS saboteurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 02:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[and Jay Morris (Monroe) John Bel Edwards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ By Dayne Sherman When John Bel Edwards was inaugurated governor on January 11, he needed several wins to put Louisiana back on the right path. The most important reforms were the expansion of Medicaid, stabilizing the state budget, and preventing &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/naming-the-saboteurs-of-tops/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Cotillion of Knuckleheads</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2016 01:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Jindal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Official House photo of Rep. Neil Abramson) By Dayne Sherman The Louisiana Legislature is a cotillion of knuckleheads, a debutante ball for obstructionists, the culmination of politics at its lowest level. &#160; Already on the declining side of a three-week &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/a-cotillion-of-knuckleheads/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fired Professor Sues LSU for Free Speech, Due Process Violations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2016 02:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONTACT: Nico Perrino, 630-674-4526, nico@thefire.org &#160; MEDIA ADVISORY &#160; NEWS CONFERENCE TOMORROW: Fired Professor Sues LSU for Free Speech, Due Process Violations TIME &#38; LOCATION: 10:00 a.m. CT TOMORROW, Thursday, January 21, 2016 Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center (King Room) &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/fired-professor-sues-lsu-for-free-speech-due-process-violations/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>JBE: The Good Man from Tangipahoa</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2015 01:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman I was on pins and needles while flying to New York City. No, I don’t have a fear of flying. Our family vacation, scheduled months earlier, happened to take place when the polls closed for the Louisiana &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/jbe-the-good-man-from-tangipahoa/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Better Choice than Vitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2015 02:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman   While Gov. Bobby Jindal flits around Iowa and New Hampshire like an intoxicated hummingbird attacking a jar of fermented nectar, Louisiana suffers a budget collapse at home.   Recently, we learned that last year’s budget ended &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/a-better-choice-than-vitter/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuit Against Office of Group Benefits and Jindal Heads for Court</title>
		<link>http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/lawsuit-against-office-of-group-benefits-and-jindal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAVERITE&#8217; 2015 7575 Jefferson Highway, Box 35 Baton Rouge, LA  70806 LA.Verite2015@outlook.com For Immediate Release July 20, 2015 For more information contact Marilee Cash, tel. E. M. LaMont, email LA.Verite2015@outlook.com &#160; Lawsuit Against Office of Group Benefits and Jindal Administration &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/lawsuit-against-office-of-group-benefits-and-jindal/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will Jindal Resign on June 24?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman &#160; Louisiana’s ambitious governor, a man who has been “running” for President since 2007 or perhaps kindergarten, will finally announce his candidacy on June 24 in Kenner. Bobby Jindal’s drooling covetousness of the position has been clear &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/will-jindal-resign-on-june-24/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retired La. State Budget Office Director: finding consistent clear, unambiguous state finances data nearly impossible</title>
		<link>http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/retired-la-state-budget-office-director-finding-consistent-clear-unambiguous-state-finances-data-nearly-impossible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 02:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Stephen Winham “Figures don’t lie, but liars figure” – attributed to Mark Twain (and others) &#160; Every day we are bombarded with numbers about our state and its finances. We are told one day there is a $1.6 billion &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/retired-la-state-budget-office-director-finding-consistent-clear-unambiguous-state-finances-data-nearly-impossible/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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		<title>State of (Dis)Repair:  Louisiana AND Higher Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Mann]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dayne Sherman This may be the best event covering the Louisiana budget crisis and higher education held in 2015. Please come and tell a friend. Free and open to the public. &#160; Thursday, April 23, 2015 St. Albert the &#8230; <a href="http://talkaboutthesouth.com/uncategorized/state-of-disrepair-louisiana-and-higher-education/">Continued</a>]]></description>
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