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From the 1940s to the 1970s, Jefferson's population swelled with an influx of middle-class white families from Orleans Parish.The parish's population doubled in size from 1940 to 1950 and again from 1950 to 1960 as the parents behind the post–World War II baby boom, profiting from rising living standards and dissatisfied with their old neighborhoods, chose relocation to new neighborhoods of ...
The Louisiana Revised Statutes provide that the maximum penalty for the violation of a parish ordinance is a fine of $500 and imprisonment for 30 days in the parish jail, [9] and that the maximum penalty for the violation of an ordinance of a municipality organized under the mayor and board of aldermen form of government is a fine of $500 and ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
The commission passed an ordinance with seven in favor and four against that requires vendors who are contracted by Caddo to pay employees working on parish projects no less than $15 an hour for ...
Jefferson is a census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the north side (referred to as the "East Bank") of the Mississippi River. Jefferson is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner metropolitan statistical area. The population was 11,193 at the 2010 census, [3] and 10,533 in 2020.
The police jury is the most common form of parish government in Louisiana. [6] Many parishes, especially those with large municipalities and suburban areas, have converted away from the system, although some parishes with large cities still use the police jury, including Bossier ( Bossier City ), Calcasieu ( Lake Charles ), Ouachita ( Monroe ...
More than 5,000 words of a Terrebonne Parish ordinance governing carnival conduct are violated regularly, but few people are charged. The 2006 ordinance defines what people can bring to Mardi Gras ...
The ordinance will go to a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20 in Government Tower. Trosclair, who is a member of the Krewe of Hercules, said the change was unfair, Mardi Gras krewes should be ...