Local officials believe the expansion will boost logistics, create jobs and support agriculture across the region.

A new map could significantly alter the judiciary when Baton Rouge Parish residents vote for more than a dozen state district court judges next year. The 19th JDC covers East Baton Rouge Parish.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A pair of bills advancing through the Louisiana Legislature could dramatically overhaul the leadership of the East Baton Rouge Parish parks system, raising broader questions about ...

While redistricting typically follows each decennial census, the bills reflect recent changes to voting precincts submitted by parish ... Legislature by Assumption, Bienville, East Baton Rouge ...

For a constitutional amendment to go before voters, it must receive a two-thirds majority in both chambers of the Legislature ... require buy-in from East Baton Rouge Parish schools.

As of noon, over 2,000 customers in East Baton Rouge Parish do not have electricity, according to Entergy Louisiana’s outage map. The Iberville Parish School District announced on Monday morning ...

BREC could become part of the East Baton Rouge city-parish government under a proposal filed Thursday in the state Legislature, where a prior attempt to dismantle the parks agency failed several ...

“The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s (LLA ... taking legal action to challenge the audit’s findings. The East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s ...

Now, he leads the consolidated government of Baton Rouge and surrounding East Baton Rouge Parish (analogous to ... on the Metro Council and in the State Legislature before she had years as mayor ...

Baton Rouge Metro Councilman LaMont Cole to Lead Baton Rouge Schools BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The East Baton Rouge Parish School ... was elected to the legislature. His current term ends in ...

The city will consist of an area of East ... that East Baton Rouge Parish schools were troubled and underperforming. When their first bid failed to get enough votes in the State Legislature ...