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The parish is served by the Tangipahoa Parish School System. [25] Southeastern Louisiana University is located in Hammond. On seven occasions, the American Civil Liberties Union has sued the Tangipahoa Parish School Board, along with other defendants, for having allegedly sponsored and promoted religion in teacher-led school activities. [26]
In elections during the 2000s (decade), Robert demonstrated an unusually homogeneous voting behavior. In the 2008 Democratic presidential primary, Barack Obama’s Louisiana vote was 57.40 percent; in Tangipahoa Parish, Obama won a plurality of 39.81 percent; but in Robert (Tangipahoa Parish Precinct 122) Hillary Clinton beat Obama 45 to 9 (a 5:1 ratio) among 64 votes cast. [12]
Amos Kent assisted in laying out the town. The Postmaster named the town in honor of Kent on February 29, 1888. [4]On August 30, 2012, damage was caused by pressure on the 2,300 foot Percy Quin dam, a dam on the Tangipahoa River north of Kentwood, as a result of Hurricane Isaac, led to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal calling for a mandatory evacuation of the town due to fears of large-scale ...
Candidates are interim Town Councilmen Gary Acosta and Ernest Boudreaux, Lafourche School Board member Barry Plaisance and former Mayor Ed Reinhardt. Mark Bergeron signed up but later dropped out ...
The candidates are interim Town Councilmen Gary Acosta and Ernest Boudreaux, Lafourche School Board member Barry Plaisance and ex-Mayor Ed Reinhardt. We asked Lockport mayor candidates to share ...
In the movie In the Electric Mist, Deputy Jason J. Bayard was from the fictional St. Clare Parish. In the DC Comics Universe, Belle Reve Parish is a parish in Louisiana that contains the Bell Reve Penitentiary. In the movie The Green Mile, a fictional parish named Trapingus Parish is featured in the movie.
Amite City (/ eɪ ˈ m iː t / ay-MEET or / eɪ ˈ m ɪ t / ay-MIT; commonly just Amite) is a town in and the seat of Tangipahoa Parish in southeastern Louisiana, United States. [3] The population was 4,141 at the 2010 census .
If one candidate receives over half of the vote in the first round, that candidate wins outright. Otherwise, the top two candidates, regardless of partisan affiliation, proceed to a runoff election. This primary system is used for state, parish, municipal, and congressional races, [3] but is not used for presidential elections. [3]