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BATON ROUGE — The Capital Area Transit Authority has been taking blows this week.  On Tuesday, a consultant hired by the CATS governing board recommended that top management at CATS be removed and that administration of CATS be privatized. Now there’s more bad news for CATS.  It won’t be receiving all of the 10.3-mill property […]

Youthful Crowd Breathes Life into This Year’s March BATON ROUGE — More than 2,500 men, women and children marched from the Old State Capitol through downtown Baton Rouge to the State Capitol last Saturday to support the right to life and oppose abortion. The event marked the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. […]

East Baton Rouge Coroner Reports BATON ROUGE — Victims of homicide in the parish are almost never armed, if statistics from 2012 are any indication. East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark told the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon last week that the parish experienced 96 homicides during 2012.  Ironically, only three of those 96 […]

Welch’s Switch Gives Council GOP Majority by Woody Jenkins, Editor BATON ROUGE — With four new members, the Metro Council has a new look and new leadership.  At its first meeting, the Council unanimously elected second-term Councilman Chandler Loupe as Mayor Pro-Tem, the No. 2 position in City-Parish government. Loupe, a conservative Republican, supported Mike Walker, the […]

U.S. Navy League Cadets Laid Wreaths at BR National Cemetery WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA — Members of the United States Navy League Cadets Baton Rouge division participated in Wreaths Across America at the Baton Rouge National Cemetery hosted by the Blue Star Mothers of Louisiana.  The event included music from the Baton Rouge Pipes and Drums, […]

by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — Making his first public appearance since being elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court, Associate Justice-elect Jeff Hughes told the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon that he intends to stand for the principles he ran on and to bring higher ethical standards to the court system. Hughes carried 53 percent […]

BATON ROUGE — With the election of Mayor President Kip Holden and a new Metro Council, gay rights leaders plan a new push to pass an ordinance codifying recognition of gays, bisexuals, and trans gender people.  In an email to newly-elected members of the Metro Council, One Baton Rouge leader and gay rights activist Joe […]

Sticker Shock Has CATS Opponents Urging Paying Tax But ‘Under Protest’ by Woody Jenkins, editor BATON ROUGE — With property tax bills in the mailboxes and property owners reeling from high taxes caused by reassessment and the new CATS tax, a leading opponent of the tax said homeowners and business owners should be sure to pay the CATS tax “under […]

BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the Capital City: Thursday, December 6 • City of Central Master Plan Meeting • 6 p.m. The City of Central Master Plan Meeting will be held at the Central Branch Library, 11260 Joor Road.  This is the second in a series of information meetings to keep citizens updated […]

BATON ROUGE — With the philosophical direction of the Louisiana Supreme Court hanging in the balance, Republican hopes to gain a majority on the court in this Saturday’s election are looking dim. While Judge Jeff Hughes, the conservative Republican candidate, is narrowly leading in the polls, Judge John Michael Guidry, a moderate Democrat, has a […]