As it eyes RTA exit, Jefferson Parish fills board vacancies to keep business moving

Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng on Wednesday appointed three members of her administration to the Regional Transit Authority's board of commissioners — though she doesn't expect them to serve for long. With the public transit agency in turmoil over a growing contract scandal, Lee Sheng is waiting on the state Legislature to approve a change in the law that would allow Jefferson Parish to remove itself from the RTA governance structure altogether. Half of the RTA’s eight-member board, including all three appointees from Jefferson Parish, resigned in late February...