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Louisiana state senator from Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes, 1964–1976; first president of the University of Louisiana System trustees, 1975–1980 [107] [108] Leander Perez (1891–1969) 1996: Political boss [109] Ralph Perlman (1917–2013) 2011: State budget director [110] Cecil J. Picard (1938–2007) 2006
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.
In 1966, the Billiard Congress of America created its hall of fame to honor people who have been known to enrich the sport, containing two categories — "The Greatest Player", a category including players who played either internationally or nationally for 20 years or more and have won at least one national or international championship, and "The Meritorious Service", a category for players ...
The American Guide Series includes books and pamphlets published from 1937 to 1941 under the auspices of the Federal Writers' Project (FWP), a Depression-era program that was part of the larger Works Progress Administration in the United States. The American Guide Series books were compiled by the FWP, but printed by individual states, and ...
Louisiana voters will elect all six members of their U.S. House of Representatives delegation this year beginning with the Nov. 5 primary election that will include a new Black majority voter ...
The WPA financed a variety of projects such as hospitals, schools, and roads, and employed more than 8.5 million workers who built 650,000 miles of highways and roads, 125,000 public buildings, as well as bridges, reservoirs, irrigation systems, and other projects. [85]
2023 Louisiana gubernatorial election ← 2019 October 14, 2023 2027 → Turnout 36.3% Candidate Jeff Landry Shawn Wilson Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 547,827 275,525 Percentage 51.56% 25.93% Candidate Stephen Waguespack John Schroder Party Republican Republican Popular vote 62,287 56,654 Percentage 5.86% 5.33% Parish results Congressional district results Precinct results Landry ...
The source and sink composite curves is a graphical tool for setting water recovery targets as well as for design of water recovery networks. [5] A 2018 study found by water pinch and water footprint analysis that for bricks with typical materials of clay and shale, the water consumption footprint was 2.02 L of water per brick. [6]