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The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) [1] is an independent regulatory agency which manages public utilities and motor carriers in Louisiana. The Commission was created by Article IV, Section 21 [2] of the 1921 Constitution of the State of Louisiana. [3] It succeeded the Railroad Commission of Louisiana that was created by the 1898 ...
Below is a list of Baton Rouge's chief executives—magistrates from 1818 to 1846, [27][2] mayors from 1846 to 1949, and mayor-presidents from 1949 to present. The town magistrate was an appointive office, determined from within the elected five-member board of selectmen. [2] All city mayors and city-parish mayor-presidents were otherwise ...
Sharon Weston Broome (born October 1, 1956) is the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She served in the Louisiana State Senate representing the 15th district from 2005 to 2016. [1] She was elected mayor-president in a runoff election held on December 10, 2016. [2][3] Broome is the first African-American woman to serve as mayor-president.
Broome's opponent, former State Representative Steve Carter received 43%. [2] [3] Broome's victory was the first time any female had been re-elected to the position. Carter called Broome just after 9:30 p.m. December 5, 2020 to congratulate her on her victory. Baton Rouge has historically voted Democrat in its local elections.
Parish of East Baton Rouge. East Baton Rouge Parish (French: Paroisse de Bâton-Rouge Est; Spanish: Parroquia del Este de Bastón Rojo) is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Its population was 456,781 at the 2020 census. [1] The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Louisiana's state capital. [2] East Baton Rouge Parish is located ...
v. t. e. The lieutenant governor of Louisiana (French: Lieutenant-Gouverneur de la Louisiane; Spanish: Vicegobernador de Luisiana) is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current lieutenant governor is Billy Nungesser, a Republican. The lieutenant governor is also the commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation ...
Fields was elected to the State Senate in 1997 and re-elected in 2003, then running unsuccessfully for the Louisiana Public Service Commission in 2004. On October 1, 2007, the Louisiana State Supreme Court ruled that Fields could not stand for re-election to his State Senate seat because of term limits. The state legislature had passed a law in ...
t. e. The Louisiana House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Représentants de Louisiane; Spanish: Cámara de Representantes de Luisiana) is the lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Louisiana. This chamber is composed of 105 representatives, each of whom represents approximately 42,500 ...