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The Louisiana political and legal structure has maintained several elements from the time of French governance. One is the use of the term parish in place of county for administrative subdivision. Another is the legal system of civil law based on French, German and Spanish legal codes and ultimately Roman law—as opposed to English common law.
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Road Home contractor receives $99 million raise
September 23, 2008 Although publicly vowing to be tough on ICF International, Gov. Jindal's administration has so far paid a $99 million raise to the company, who is in charge of the Road Home program. The program, designed to help victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rite, has been plagued with scandal.
Panel won’t release Pastorek evaluation
September 27, 2008: Top state educators refused to release the latest job evaluation for state Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek, whose salary triggered controversy earlier this year.
State policy regarding the evaluations differs from those that educators said are common in East Baton Rouge Parish and elsewhere.
Those policies include the annual release of composite job-review scores for Superintendent Charlotte Placide and others. Read the full article here.
Indicted Congressman runs for 10th term
August 31, 2008 While he awaits federal trial on allegations of bribery and money laundering, U.S. Rep. William Jefferson continues to run for his 10th term in Louisiana's 2nd district. Jefferson maintains that he is innocent of all charges.
Gov. Jindal appoints seven to ethics board
August 27, 2008 On Wednesday, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the appointment of seven members to the state ethics board. This will give the board a quorum for the first time since last June, when several members left in protest. They complained that new laws took away their judicial role in ethics hearings, but it would also have subjected them to new financial disclosure laws.
New Orleans Police keeping National Guard records private
August 21, 2008 New Orleans Police said that they have updated numbers on where National Guard troops are located in the city, but they aren't releasing the information. Last June, WDSU submitted an information request for statistics on the Guard, but it never came. After submitting a second request, they were told that it could not be provided because the information could not be compiled.
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