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BATON ROUGE — While East Baton Rouge Parish has lost children for generations, the nearby parishes of Livingston and Ascension parishes have been growing rapidly, and the number of school age children has also grown dramatically.  In Livingston Parish, the school age population (age 5 to 17) has increased from 10,929 in 1970 to 25,658 […]

Since 1970, EBR’s Population Grew from 285,167 to 440,171; Yet, Number of Children FELL by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — An analysis of U. S. Census data from 1960 to 2010 tells an amazing story of East Baton Rouge Parish’s disappearing children. Over the past 50 years, the population of the parish has grown by […]

Proponents Hope To Gather 3,500 Signatures for Incorporation Vote WATSON — Neighbors in Action, a group of citizens in the Livingston Parish community of Watson, officially kicked off a petition drive Saturday to give voters in Watson the option to incorporate as a city.  The group’s chairman, Gene Baker, said more than 300 voters signed the first day […]

CENTRAL — Central schools Supt. Mike Faulk said Tuesday that he has retained a national search firm to find qualified applicants for principal of Central High School and for  a new supervisor of curriculum for the school system. Faulk said the firm of Wray & Associates will conduct the search, interview applicants, and check out […]

Rep. Barry Ivey Sworn in, Scores Early Victory on First Major Bill by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — Barry Ivey was sworn in as Central’s new state representative on Monday, April 6 to the applause of his colleagues in the Louisiana House of Representatives.  Then, just a week later, he did what few freshman lawmakers do — […]

Opinion  HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY TO REVOLUTIONIZE LOUISIANA ECONOMY. Gov. Bobby Jindal announced yesterday his support for repealing Louisiana’s individual and corporate income taxes — without any increase in sales or other taxes. This is the first time since Louisiana adopted a state income tax that a governor has announced his support of its repeal.  This is […]

Proponents Say District Would Rival Zachary, Central Schools BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bodi White (R-Central) has filed legislation (SB 73 and SB 199) to amend the Louisiana Constitution to permit the creation of a new, independent school district in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish. White, who authored legislation which created the successful Central […]

BATON ROUGE — Under the Louisiana Constitution, the legislature meets for 60 legislative days in even-numbered years and 45 days in odd-numbered years.  Sessions in odd-numbered years deal mainly with fiscal matters, but legislators can pre-file up to five bills on non-fiscal matters.  Because they are limited in the number of bills they can introduce, […]

Taxes, Budget At Forefront of Fiscal Session BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Legislature will meet in a 45-day fiscal session beginning Monday at 12 noon.  Fiscal sessions almost always revolve around the state budget and the spending priorities of state government. But this year, Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax plan has pushed tax issues to the forefront as […]

CENTRAL — Newly-elected State Rep. Barry Ivey (R-Central) has named Cameron Cooke to serve as his legislative assistant.  Cooke is a graduate of Central High and a summa cum laude graduate in political science from LSU, where he was a University Medalist. Cooke said Ivey’s legislative office is now open to serve the public from […]