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EBRSO monitors Nextdoor app, but call if you need help
Even though deputies with the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office are now gleaning information shared with them through the Nextdoor app, Baton Rouge area...
Broome releases Open Data report
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome released a report this afternoon outlined this year’s progress with the city’s Open Data Policy and listed planned efforts for...
Green Light Plan has 11 roads to finish
While the vast majority—73%—of the road projects in the Green Light Plan have been completed since 2005, there are 11 roads on the list,...
‘LaPolitics:’ When the treasurer likes your team
If you want to know which political direction Treasurer John Schroder is leaning just roughly a year after being elected, and about as far...
Exxon defends ITEP requests ahead of state board meeting
Controversy surrounding the Industrial Tax Exemption program is brewing again ahead of Friday’s state Board of Commerce and Industry meeting where the board is...
Louisiana secretary of state diverted $90K to pay settlement
The Louisiana secretary of state's office diverted more than $90,000 from computer system improvements to pay its share of a sexual misconduct settlement involving...
Baton Rouge General Mid City likely site for Bridge Center
The mental health diversion center approved by voters Dec. 8 is tentatively slated to be located in vacant space at the Baton Rouge General...
MovEBR’s top priority: hiring program manager
A timeline is beginning to take shape for the MovEBR roads tax plan approved by voters on Saturday, and the first objective will be...
Water Institute out to protect the Baton Rouge water supply
The Water Institute of the Gulf is in the early stages of a study that will devise 50-year sustainable solutions for preventing saltwater intrusion...
Special elections loom for Louisiana Legislature
The fall elections have reshuffled seats in the Louisiana Legislature and will force a new round of special elections early next year.
After the November...
Audit: Nearly $100K stolen from Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles by employees
Three state employees took $98,507 from the Office of Motor Vehicles for personal use between March and June 2017, according to an audit released...
After a national search, why did a career educator make the short list to...
In the wake of BREC Superintendent Carolyn McKnight’s August announcement that she will retire when her contract expires at the end of the year, the park...
Vowing transparency, Broome launches Baton Rouge budget-tracking site
Mayor Sharon Weston Broome launched Open Checkbook BR this morning, a companion website to the Open Data BR portal, which will provide “unprecedented” public...
Louisiana won’t have new voting machines for 2019 elections
Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says new voting machines will not be in place for the 2019 fall election cycle when the governor, attorney...
What would a St. George school district look like?
Imagine it’s the first day of school in the new, independent school district of St. George.
If you’re a parent living in the district, you...
A Louisiana constitutional convention primer
I had but two goals while writing this column:
To provide a better understanding of the ongoing constitutional convention issue in Louisiana as 2019...
Alford: A quick primer on a possible Louisiana constitutional convention
Jeremy Alford has two goals in his latest column: providing a better understanding of the constitutional convention issue and giving everyone a quick-hit primer on...
DDD OKs $762k budget for 2019
The Downtown Development District Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the agency’s 2019 budget at this morning’s meeting, which features a mere .3% increase over...
Auditors find weaknesses in LDH system for tracking Medicaid payments
A month after the Louisiana Legislative Auditor found the state Department of Health may have spent as much as $85 million over 20 months...
Flush with MovEBR victory, Jim Bernhard’s next quest is regional bridge tax
Encouraged by the weekend passage of the MovEBR roads tax, businessman Jim Bernhard is now calling for surrounding parishes and state legislators to follow...
