Capital City News

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. […]