Lincoln Parish, Louisiana

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1 Website evaluation
- 1.1 The good
- 1.2 The bad
2 External links
3 References

Lincoln Parish is one of sixty-four parishes in Louisiana. A parish, in Louisiana, is the equivalent of a county in other states. The parish seat is Ruston. In 2004, its population was estimated to be 42,382. Lincoln Parish and neighboring Jackson Parish are part of the Ruston Micropolitan Statistical Area.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Louisiana parish websites

[edit] The good

Police Jurors and their contact information is listed.^[1]

Meeting minutes are archived back to 2006,^[2] and meeting agendas are archived back to 2007.^[3]

[edit] The bad

No information is provided about how parish residents can request access to public documents of the parish under Louisiana's sunshine laws.

Budgetary information is not available.

There is no information on Parish building/zoning, contracts and lobbying.

To compare Lincoln with other Louisiana parishes, see Websites of the Louisiana parishes.

[edit] External links

Lincoln Parish

[edit] References

Louisiana parishes

Acadia • Allen • Ascension • Assumption • Avoyelles • Beauregard • Bienville • Bossier • Caddo • Calcasieu • Caldwell • Cameron • Catahoula • Claiborne • Concordia • De Soto • East Baton Rouge • East Carroll • East Feliciana • Evangeline • Franklin • Grant • Iberia • Iberville • Jackson • Jefferson Davis • Jefferson • La Salle • Lafayette • Lafourche • Lincoln • Livingston • Madison • Morehouse • Natchitoches • Orleans • Ouachita • Plaquemines • Pointe Coupee • Rapides • Red River • Richland • Sabine • St. Bernard • St. Charles • St. Helena • St. James • St. John the Baptist • St. Landry • St. Martin • St. Mary • St. Tammany • Tangipahoa • Tensas • Terrebonne • Union • Vermilion • Vernon • Washington • Webster • West Baton Rouge • West Carroll • West Feliciana • Winn

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