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The Louisiana Legislature is considering several bills that could have a major effect on local government and the courts in East Baton Rouge Parish.  Three of them are HB 1151, which would elect City Court judges citywide; HB 1178 which would reduce the EBR school board to seven members, and HB 1212 to vote on […]

In the legal system today, getting justice is slow, difficult, and expensive.  That is one of the lessons Danny Hoover and Dr. Bob Welch have learned during a lonely, seven-year struggle to have the Metro Council live by the laws it has written.  When the Hoovers and Welches found themselves enclosed by Tommy Spinosa’s Rouzan […]

Last year, Norman Browning predicted the battle to incorporate the proposed City of St. George wouldn’t be easy and that the Baton Rouge establishment would throw everything they could at St. George to try to prevent the issue from ever coming to a vote of the people. Since then, the incorporation movement has faced the […]

Patriots Day 2014 in Baton Rouge honored Texas Supreme Court Justice John Devine, who was ridiculed when he replaced a Bible in front of the Harris County Courthouse. But, despite the ridicule, Devine was subsequently elected to the Texas Supreme Court in a statewide election.Devine told the group assembled at the Burden Rural Life Museum […]

In a few short months, Council candidate John Vance has gone from being virtually unknown to a serious contender for one of five seats on the Central City Council in this Saturday’s municipal election. With an outstanding military career as an Army helicopter pilot and plant manager for a major production facility, Vance moved to […]

mer B-1 bomber squadron commander Rob Maness brought his campaign for the United States Senate to Baton Rouge March 21. Maness drew a large crowd, thanks in part to radio talk show host Michael Berry, who hosted the event. Berry said Maness is clearly the best candidate to defeat Sen. Mary Landrieu and the only […]

If personal contact and door-to-door campaigning are keys to success in local politics, Dr. Kim Fralick should be a shoo-in to be elected to one of five seats on the Central City Council this Saturday. The petite Central veterinarian says she has knocked on more than 4,800 doors, leaving most of her competitors far behind […]

Norman Browning, chairman of the movement to incorporate the City of St. George and launch the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System told the Capital City News Wednesday that his volunteers are working with full speed ahead on getting 18,000 signatures necessary to get the incorporation of St. George on the ballot. “Right now, we’re […]

The right to vote is a right bought by the blood of our ancesters — men and women who believed in our country enough to risk and ultimately sacrifice their lives for our country and the principles it stands for, such as free elections. At every election, I am amazed to see the people who […]

Two former Baton Rougeans who were star athletes in the 1960’s moved to Central more than 30 years ago.  This Saturday, both are likely to be elected by Central voters as new city officials.  The once sleepy rural community of Central is now Louisiana’s 12th largest city with a population of 27,000 and one of […]