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BATON ROUGE — The United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington is working closely with the new Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge, and the national chamber has enlisted the local chamber in its efforts to fight excessive government regulation.  Ted Phlegar of the U.S. Chamber came to Baton Rouge to address the Chamber […]

Lions Focus Work On Preventable Blindness, Camp For Crippled Kids BATON ROUGE — Nearly 100 Lions from 15 clubs in the Baton Rouge area gathered for a Lions Expo last Saturday at the BREC headquarters on Florida Boulevard. It was an opportunity for long-time Lions such as Bill Simon to talk about how Lions Clubs […]

Liberal Orthodoxy Now In Full Retreat as Facts Show Consequences  Of a Bankrupt Ideology by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — The events of the past few weeks have brought the roof down not only on the Obama Administration but on the entire liberal movement. How can anyone in his right mind continue to support […]

If You’re in High School, He Just Might Be Able to Help You Do It BATON ROUGE — A recent study by Georgetown University shows that people with a bachelor’s degree earn 84 percent more, on the average, than people with a high school diploma.  Over the course of a lifetime, that could amount to […]

New District Ok’d By Senate, But Critical Floor Vote Remains in House by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — Legislation to create the new Southeast Community School District narrowly passed the Louisiana Senate last week 27-11, just one vote more than the two-thirds’ majority necessary for a constitutional amendment.  Then Tuesday the legislation passed out […]

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Senate has passed and sent to the House two bills to give voters the chance to approved the new Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District. The State Senate approved SB 73, a constitutional amendment, by a vote of 27-11, and implementing legislation, SB 199, by a vote of 25-12.  The measures […]

Read CAPITAL CITY NEWS for May 2, 2013 .   Click here for Capital City News: http://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Cap-05-02-13-web.pdf TOP STORIES in Capital City News: • Senate to Vote Tuesday on Southeast Baton Rouge School District • Senate Passage Likely; Real Fight Looms in House • Fiscal Office Says EBR Would Gain $255 per Student per Year from State […]

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Women’s Club has honored with a Gala at the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion last Wednesday evening. The club began in 1953 when Republicans were rare in Louisiana.  Today, the party includes all of Louisiana’s statewide elected officials.  Secretary of State Tom Schedler served as emcee of the […]

Edwin Edwards Attends Reunion Of La. Senators BATON ROUGE — Former members of the Louisiana House and Senate returned to the State Capitol Wednesday afternoon for the annual Legislators’ Reunion. Former Gov. Edwin Edwards, who was elected to State Senate in 1965, was the oldest attendee in point of service.   The former governor addressed the Senate […]

BATON ROUGE — The Legislative Fiscal Office this week issued a fiscal note for SB199 by Sen. Bodi White, which would create the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District.  Here are some of the conclusions: • While the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board would lose $19 million in state general funds, it would actually […]