Voters in Ascension Parish’s Fire Protection District 1 rejected a property tax and parcel fee on Saturday that would have provided full-time firefighters to most of the parish’s east bank. According to complete but unofficial results on the Secretary of State’s website, 3,346 voters, or 58 percent, voted against the tax while 2,411 voters … Continue reading →

New Orleans — The long fight over tolls on the Crescent City Connection is finally over, and opponents of the fees secured a decisive victory based on unofficial results published on the Louisiana Secretary of State’s website on Saturday night. Voters in New Orleans, Plaquemines Parish and Jefferson Parish overwhemingly supported eliminating the tolls, with … Continue reading →

Jefferson Parish — Scott Schlegel, a former Jefferson Parish prosecutor, will be sitting on the 24th Judicial District bench after decisively defeating Hilary Landry for the seat left open when Judge Robert Murphy was elected last fall to the Louisiana 5th Circuit Court of Appeal. According to complete but unofficial returns Saturday on the Secretary … Continue reading →

Elections held in and around the Baton Rouge and Acadiana area on May 4, 2013, included a vote on the Concord Estates Crime Prevention District proposition in Baton Rouge, a 15-mill property tax and parcel fee for Fire Protection District 1 in Ascension Parish and property tax proposals in St. Helena Parish. Other Baton Rouge area … Continue reading →

• Acadia Parish election results 
• Ascension Parish election results 
• East Baton Rouge Parish election results 
• Evangeline Parish election results 
• St. Helena Parish election results 
• St. Martin Parish elections results 
• St. Mary Parish election results 
• Tangipahoa Parish election results
• Vermilion Parish election results 

Elections held in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes on May 4, 2013, included a vote on tolls for the Crescent City Connection, judicial races and tax proposals. For results on these parishes, see the stories attached at right under Related Stories.

• Jefferson Parish election results 
• Orleans Parish election results 
• St. Tammany Parish election results 

The unofficial results from Saturday’s election are from the Louisiana Secretary of State office’s website. a = not available (10-year, 2-mill property … Continue reading →

(10-year, 15-mill property tax) (48 of 48 precincts reporting) YES 2,411 NO 3,346 (10-year, 21-mill property … Continue reading →

(Four-year, $69.50 parcel fee) (2 of 2 precincts reporting) YES 58 NO 34

(10-year, 4-mill property tax) (19 of 19 precincts reporting) YES 395 NO 37 (10-year, 1.02-mill property tax) Continue reading →

The unofficial results from Saturday’s election are from the Louisiana Secretary of State office’s website. (e) = elected (w) = withdrawn a = not available D = Democrat R … Continue reading →

(366 of 366 precincts reporting) Doug Hammel, D 12,843 Yolanda J. King, D 14,751 (e) (Orleans and … Continue reading →

(5-mill property tax) (13 of 13 precincts reporting) YES....................................................................845 NO.....................................................................390 (Half-cent sales tax) Continue reading →

(20-year general obligation bonds) (60 of 60 precincts reporting) YES 1,358 NO 559 (1-cent sales tax) Continue reading →

(10-year, 3.47-mill property tax) (26 of 26 precincts reporting) YES 748 NO 126

(10-year, 20.62-mill property tax) (7 of 7 precincts reporting) YES 512 NO 348 … Continue reading →

(5-year, 15-mill property tax) (29 of 29 precincts reporting) YES 945 NO 1,021 (1 percent sales tax) Continue reading →

(10-year, 19.26-mill property tax) (8 of 8 precincts reporting) YES 162 NO 12