Lara Nicholson

The Jefferson Parish Council will vote next week on an ordinance restricting what the Inspector General's Office can say to the public and barring

From to a movie animation studio to a wind turbine technology company to a new casino, the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission celebrated this year's wins for the business community on Thursday at the Hilton New Orleans Airport.

Voters line up outside the Joseph S Yenni Building for early voting in Elmwood, La. Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. (Photo by Max Becherer, NOLA.com , The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate)

While the ballot measure sought to get rid of term limits entirely, Harahan officials said their goal was to extend term limits from two to three and pledged to follow up the repeal with another election in the spring to set new limits of three terms. They could not legally change the term limits from two to three in one election.

For the past 20 years, it’s been an informal tradition in Jefferson Parish to alternate the council chairman position between the two at-large members each year.

After a tumultuous year of fighting between the Jefferson Parish Council and the Office of Inspector General, the two have agreed to come together to negotiate a compromise instead of voting to enact sweeping changes to restrict the parish watchdog's speech.

After a tumultuous year of fighting between the Jefferson Parish Council and the Office of Inspector General, the two have agreed to come together to hash out their differences instead of voting to enact sweeping changes to restrict the parish watchdog's speech.

"The economy is really not supporting so many grocery stores in the area," one of the owners said.

"I've already heard that Saint Anthony has reported that Mr. Al has asked for Jesus' resignation," Council chairman Scott Walker joked.

of 2 Drivers passing through River Ridge are seeing double this week after duplicate road signs sprouted along Jefferson Highway in River Ridge seemingly overnight, much to the chagrin of locals.