Tuesday — U.S. Sen. David Vitter will hold a town hall meeting at 8:30 a.m. at the Central High School Gym. Vitter will be joined by Dan Juneau, of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, and Mark Perry, an economics scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
Aug. 16 — The League of Women Voters of Baton Rouge will hold a luncheon discussion on the tentative sale of the state Office of Group Benefits at 11:30 a.m. at Drusilla Place Catering. Participants include Tommy Teague, former Group Benefits CEO; state Sen. Butch Gautreaux, D-Morgan City, chairman of the retirement committee; and Frank Jobert, executive director of the Retired State Employees of Louisiana Association. Admission is $20 for league members and $25 for non-members. Reservations are encouraged, visit lwvbr.org for more details.
Aug. 17-19 — The Center for Planning Excellence will hold its annual Smart Growth Summit in the Shaw Center. Tom Murphy, the former mayor of Pittsburgh and a senior resident fellow with the Urban Land Institute, will be the keynote speaker. Registration is $50, and the event is free for students and teachers. For more details, go to summit.cpex.org.
Aug. 19 — Kean Miller will sponsor a breakfast seminar on insurance for contractors working in the construction industry from 7:30-9:30 a.m. at Juban’s. The seminar will cover general liability, builders risk, and errors and omissions insurance and will provide real-life scenarios. To register, e-mail rsvp@keanmiller.com.
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