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Robert Mirabito, interim chief executive officer of the Capital Area Transit System held a news conference Monday to announce that bus fare money is missing and may have been stolen.  Mirabito said discrepancies between cash deposits and computerized fare collection totals go back three years.  In some months, the discrepancy could be as much as […]

A review of campaign finance records filed with the Louisiana  Board of Ethics, corporate records at the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office, and the Advocate website provide a picture of who supported or opposed the $165 million CATS property tax increase approved last year. The two main organizations which publicly urged voters to pass the […]

TOP STORIES in Capital City News: • CATS Runs Wild: Scandal, Controversy Rock Agency • Possible Bid-Rigging of Contract at CATS Puts Pall Over Urban Socialist Enterprise • CATS Officials Can’t Account for Missing Bus Fare Money for Three Years (and Aren’t Totally Sure It’s Missing!) • Who Pushed FOR the $165 Million CATS Tax […]

Supporters of the incorporation of Watson, a community of 25,000 people in northwest Livingston Parish, said yesterday they plan a unique twist on their efforts to get enough signatures on petitions to hold a referendum on incorporating as a city. Registered voters will get to participate in a “drive-through” petition drive.  From 7 a.m. to […]

The 4.1-mile $65 million Central Thruway opened to motorists today, providing a direct, Interstate-quality link from Sullivan Road to Florida Boulevard.  Eventually, the project is supposed to connect to I-12. The highway was originally pushed by former Metro Councilman Joe Greco. According to David Barrow of the City of Central, the Central Thruway will tie […]

The City of Port Allen has had four mayors in the past two-and-a-half years, and a former mayor and a former police chief are serving time in federal prison for racketeering. But that’s just the beginning of Port Allen’s problems, according to City Councilman Hugh Riviere, who told the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon Tuesday that […]

Teachers Group Says It Advocates for Kids, Instead of Themselves EDITOR’S NOTE: Based in Baton Rouge, the Associated Professional Educators of Louisiana (A+PEL) is a group of 8,000 non-union teachers and administrators, whose roots go back to 1976.  They say they take a professional approach and advocates on behalf of students instead of themselves.  They […]

New City for EBR SOUTHEAST — After one win and one loss in the recently complete session of the Louisiana Legislature, supporters of the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School District have a new mission — they are actively considering the process of incorporating a new city in the southeast part of the parish A community […]

BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the capital city: Thursday, June 27 • Heritage Lecture Series • 6 p.m. Rod Dreher, American writer and editor, LSU graduate, and resident of St. Francisville, will join Foundation for Historical Louisiana members and guests as the featured speaker in its Heritage Lecture series at the […]

Simmons Fought At Iwo Jima, Guam, And Bougainville During World War II BATON ROUGE — Baton Rouge radio pioneer Lamar Simmons died last Thursday at age 92. Simmons, who graduated from Istrouma High School in 1938, attended the LSU School of Journalism but dropped out just before graduating to volunteer to serve in the United […]