Capital City News

The Metro Council has elected Brandon Noel as the new Mayor Pro-Tem for the City-Parish. He will serve until January when the new Council is sworn.  Noel is also a member of the Republican Parish Executive Committee representing the Zachary and Central areas. Noel, a conservative, replaced Lamont Cole as Mayor Pro-Tem. A banker, Noel […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, St. George Leader – Baton Rouge Sen. Barry Goldwater’s campaign for President in 1964 marked the beginning of the modern conservative movement. Goldwater’s staunch support of the free enterprise system, small government, lower taxes, states’ rights, traditional values, and the working man were in contrast to the Republican Party of the past.  […]

Next week, 88 delegates and alternates from Louisiana will travel to Milwaukee to participate in the Republican National Convention July 15-18. If you would someday like to represent our state, a good way to start is by attending the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon on the second Tuesday of each month. You’ll make new friends, get […]

CONGRESSMAN GARRET GRAVES, CENTRAL MAYOR WADE EVANS (left) at MePa’s Diner in Central. Citizens joined Congressman Graves for a round table discussion that lasted over an hour and 45 minutes. Topics discussed included the recent ruling by the Supreme Court to use a Congressional map with two majority-black districts, the high cost of insurance, VA […]

Under state law, the Republican Party is governed at the parish level by the East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee.   Louisiana law provides that the committee will be composed of 17 members — five elected parishwide and 12 elected from the 12 Metro Council districts.  Members are elected by Republican voters at the […]

Fresh off their election during the Presidential Primary, members of the Republican Party’s Parish Executive Committee met Sunday, April 28 to elect its leaders for the next four years and take a stand on some current issues. The 17-member body unanimously re-elected former Rep. Woody Jenkins to his fourth four-year term as Parish Republican chairman. […]