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
Nick Saban, who took over as head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2007, is the highest-paid government employee in the state of Alabama. Sabanâs salary is higher than any public employee in the country. Last year, Saban made nearly $7 million.