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Metro Council, DDD frustrated over downtown library impasse
Ten months after a structural failure halted construction on the downtown library, elected officials and civic leaders are increasingly frustrated by the lack of...
Governor’s race mudslinging begins
After the last Louisiana governor’s race centered on prostitution allegations and questions of honesty and morality, voters might have hoped the competition for the...
Remember the Tara Wicker recall petition? No signatures were submitted
Six months have passed since a petition to recall Metro Councilwoman Tara Wicker was filed in late July, but no signatures were ever officially...
LaPolitics: Pharmacies create marijuana association
The nine marijuana facilities licensed to do business in Louisiana have launched a Baton Rouge-based trade association to “advocate and support” the state’s medical...
Group pushing for Baton Rouge City Council still adding onto 1,000 signatures
Organizers pushing to bring back a Baton Rouge City Council say they’ve already collected more than 1,000 signatures since they started circulating petitions Jan....
Baton Rouge engineers in a tizzy over possible MovEBR pricing requirement
Members of the local engineering community are disturbed by the possibility that Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration may factor cost into its evaluation of...
Louisiana legislative agencies build $85M surplus
Louisiana's legislative agencies have socked away hefty surpluses, quietly building up $85 million in the bank without mentioning the money in annual budget hearings.
The...
Metro Council members mum on assistant parish attorney’s sexual harassment complaint
Members of the Metro Council—which oversees the parish attorney’s office—have little to say about the assistant parish attorney who, despite a 2016 sexual harassment...
Freeway or highway? Mississippi River bridge coalition ponders options
What could a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River look like? The Capital Area Road and Bridge District explored various options during its first...
Planning department down nearly half its staff; low salaries to blame
Add the planning commission to the list of East Baton Rouge Parish departments that are unable to retain employees because of low salaries. At...
MovEBR management RFQ delayed by ‘full review’
Though the plan was for Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s administration to issue by the end of January a Request for Qualifications for a program...
LABI’s Stephen Waguespack calls for ITEP changes
Wanting to counter what he says is “dangerous rhetoric,” Stephen Waguespack, president and CEO of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, told the...
Industrial tax breaks will be pivotal in governor’s race
More than two years have passed since Gov. John Bel Edwards rewrote the rules governing the decades-old industrial tax breaks and passed the power...
Assistant parish attorney asked to stay beyond resignation date despite 2016 sexual harassment complaint
Tedrick Knightshead continued to serve as a key member of the East Baton Rouge Parish Attorney’s Office, under the then direction of Lea Anne...
‘LaPolitics:’ Staffed up and ready in governor’s race
The three declared candidates for governor are still in the process of building out their respective staffs as January gives way to February, with...
Watershed management critical as Baton Rouge tries to stay dry
(Editor's Note: This story has been revised from an earlier version to include an updated figure on the expected size of the program management...
Together Baton Rouge organizer leaves group, says ITEP not reason
The longtime lead organizer of Together Baton Rouge, Broderick Bagert, is no longer at the helm of the local and often controversial left-leaning group...
Louisiana population shrunk at 7th-fastest rate in US
There were 1,824 fewer people living in Louisiana in July 2017 than there were the year previous, which made it America’s seventh-fastest shrinking state....
Broome launches ‘15 Minutes with the Mayor’ initiative
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome today launched her “15 Minutes with the Mayor” initiative, allowing residents to meet with her during select times twice a...
Louisiana educators seek new remedies for student behavior problems
More than 1,400 Louisiana educators were in Baton Rouge Wednesday for the first Behavioral Intervention Summit.
As The Advertiser reports, the event was designed to...
