Capital City News

Based on early voting, Republican voters appear to turning out in record numbers in East Baton Rouge Parish and across the nation. Two likely beneficiaries are former President Donald Trump, who is seeking to return to office, and Coach Sid Edwards, who is seeking to end 20 years of Democratic rule in the Mayor-President’s office. […]

The St. George Charter Commission has submitted a report to Mayor Dustin Yates and the St. George City Council detailing its recommendations. The proposed charter is expected to be posted on the city’s website, stgeorgela.gov in the next few days. In an interview with the St. George Leader, Mayor Yates discussed highlights of the proposed charter. […]

Large donations by gambling interests to Mayor-President candidate Ted James have raised questions about whether the candidate plans to bring back video poker and video poker truck stops to East Baton Rouge Parish.  Voters removed video poker from the parish in a referendum in 1996. According to reports filed with the Louisiana Board of Ethics, […]

Woody Jenkins, Editor St. George Leader  Scott McKay of TheHayride.com offered a theory in his talk on the races for President and Mayor-President at the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge Tuesday.   He calls it the Fun Rule.  His theory is simple: Forget the polls, the mailings, the TV spots, the lies, the […]

 Dwayne Rogers, Treasurer BREC As a Christian, my faith leads me to believe that “each of us will give an account of himself to God.” (Romans 14:12) There really is nothing of greater importance to me, as has been the case most of my adult life. While I understand not everyone believes we are accountable […]

A large crowd of roughly 200 kicked off the campaign of Coach Sid Edwards for Mayor-President on Sept. 29 at Woodlawn Baptist Church. The crowd burst into applause several times in approval of Coach Sid as he described his plans for the City-Parish government. Attorney Andrew Murrell, the spokesman for the St. Georgemovement, presided, and […]

Voters in the new City of St. George will go to the polls on Saturday, March 29, 2025, to elect a Mayor, Police Chief, and seven members of the City Council. They could also vote on a proposed City Charter. Candidates will qualify to run in the election from Wednesday, Jan. 29 to Friday, Jan. […]

Every calculation about the race for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish should take into account that voters are likely to turnout in the Dec. 7 runoff at 50 percent or less the rate of the Nov. 5 primary. Traditionally, Republicans turnout at a higher rate in the runoff than do Democrats. For example, in […]

By the close of business on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the half-way point in early voting, Republican-leaning voting sites in East Baton Rouge Parish had received more than three times the number of early votes as Democrat-leaning sites. The two Democrat-leaning sites are the Motor Vehicles office in Baker and City Hall in downtown Baton Rouge. […]

Six years ago, local painting contractor Nathan Rust decided he wanted to use his skills and his company to give back to the community. The idea was simple: Choose a family that really needed their house re-painted but couldn’t afford it. Then make it happen!  Paint it forward! He tells the story this way on […]