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Politics of Shreveport. Founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1871, Shreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. The city is the parish seat of Caddo Parish. A portion of east Shreveport extends in to Bossier Parish because of the changing course of the Red River . The city of Shreveport has a mayor-council government.
The city of Shreveport has a mayor-council government. The elected municipal officials include the mayor, Tom Arceneaux, and seven members of the city council. Cedric Glover, a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, was the first African American to hold the mayoral position.
Members of the Shreveport City Council discuss how to handle a batch of unauthorized raises to city employees at Government Plaza on August 16, 2023.
This is a list of people who have served as mayor of the city of Shreveport, Louisiana .
Members of the Shreveport City Council discuss how to handle a batch of unauthorized raises to city employees at Government Plaza on August 16, 2023.
Hazel Beard ( née Fain; September 16, 1930 – December 26, 2022) was an American politician who was the first woman and the first Republican to have served as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, since the era of Reconstruction. Prior to her mayoral service, Beard was a small business owner and a member of the Shreveport City Council from the southwest portion of the city. She was the first woman ...
The Shreveport City Council approved a 10 percent hike in water and sewer rates Tuesday, alongside the implementation of customer payment assistance policies.