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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 ...
Local government. Many states require elected municipal officers to be over 18 years of age or be a registered voter in the city thereof. Montana requires mayors to be at least 21 years of age. As of November 2016, most U.S. cities with populations exceeding 200,000 required their mayor to be a registered voter in the city thereof or at least ...
BossierCity.org. Bossier City (/ ˈboʊʒər / BOH-zhər) is a city in Bossier Parish in the northwestern region of the state of Louisiana in the United States. [3] It is the second-most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area. In 2020, it had a total population of 62,701, up from 61,315 in 2010.
Louisiana will shift to closed party primary elections for some offices in 2026 after Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill into law this week that will change the way the state's voters elect their ...
The New Orleans City Council is the legislative branch of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The current mayor-council form of city government was created in 1954, following the 1950 amendment of the state constitution that provided for a home rule charter for the city. The 1954 Charter provided for seven members, five elected ...
Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs held office as Secretary of State and State Superintendent. Georgia 3 1 4 Illinois 4 3 6 Roland Burris held office as Comptroller, Attorney General and U.S. Senator Indiana 4 4 Kansas 1 1 Kentucky 2 2 Louisiana 5 5 Maryland 4 4 Massachusetts 3 2 4 Edward Brooke held office as Attorney General and U.S. Senator Michigan 3 3
Bossier Parish is named for Pierre Bossier, [ 6 ] an ethnic French, 19th-century Louisiana state senator and U.S. representative from Natchitoches Parish. Bossier Parish was spared fighting on its soil during the American Civil War. In July 1861, at the start of the war, the Bossier Parish Police Jury appropriated $35,000 for the benefit of ...
The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, officially designated Shreveport–Bossier City by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, [1] or simply Greater Shreveport, is a metropolitan statistical area in northwestern Louisiana that covers three parishes: Caddo, Bossier, and DeSoto. [2] At the 2020 United States census, the ...