Check out the top 10 most and least conservative cities below, or look through the Economist âs ranking of all 51 cities. Most Conservative. 1. Mesa, Arizona. 2. Oklahoma City, OK. 3. Virginia Beach, VA. 4. Colorado Springs, CO. 5.
18. Louisiana > Highest paid employee: Les Miles > Position: College football coach > Salary: $4.30 million. Les Miles, head coach of the Louisiana State University Tigers football team, is the highest-paid state employee. Milesâs salary is nearly $3.7 million more than the next highest-paid state employee. Other well compensated employees include university presidents, university system administrators, and assistant head football coaches. 19. Maine
Nan Ya Plastics Corporation America has a large plant near Batchelor, Louisiana. Another large employer is NRG / Big Cajun 1 & 2 power plants near New Roads, LA. The parish's economy is heavily reliant upon agriculture, with sugar cane being one of the main cash crops.