The new changes come after weeks of behind-the-scenes meetings to reach a compromise, a signal of what may be a more peaceful parish government this year.

The Jefferson Parish Council and the parish's inspector general, Kim Chatelain, have reached a compromise after sparring over how Chatelain handled her investigation into a Gretna brew-pub project.

The guardrails are less expansive than what the council previously considered. The ordinance prevents the parish inspector general from “public speech that has a substantial lik