Capital City News

The first elected officials for the new City of St. George were sworn in July 1 in modest ceremonies at Grace Life Fellowship Church.  It was an historic day for the people of St. George, some of whom had worked for as long as 13 years to give the people of the area their independence […]

Istrouma High football coach Sid Edwards gained national attention when he was elected Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish. It was surprising to some that a football coach would rise so high in politics.  However, did you know another coach right here in East Baton Rouge Parish was recently elected mayor? It was our own […]

What has been called the most important election in the history of St. George will be on the ballot statewide on Saturday, April 18. It is a constitutional amendment to create the new St. George Community School System. In the early 1990’s, some lawmakers representing East Baton Rouge Parish began a movement to create new […]

Xavier Hoskins is the owner of DXI Health Solutions, a veteran-owned healthcare company based in Baton Rouge. Prior to founding DXI, Xavier worked for 12 years in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on specialties such as neurology, psychiatry, pain management, and gasteroenterology.  He is a US Army veteran, having served as an infantry officer with the […]

By Woody Jenkins Editor St. George Leader Dishonesty led the Louisiana Legislature to adopt a Congressional reapportionment plan that took away Baton Rouge’s seat in Congress and left Speaker of the House Mike Johnson in a very precarious position. A Stolen Congressional Seat.  We in the Baton Rouge area had our Congressional seat stolen from […]

After 13 years of trials and tribulations, the people of the new City of St. George are only one step away from putting into place the city government they have worked so hard to create. On Saturday, March 29, the voters elected Dustin Yates as Mayor of the City of St. George along with City […]

Voters in the City of St. George and throughout East Baton Rouge Parish will face a new proposed tax on the ballot on Saturday, May 3. District Attorney Hillar Moore is a proposing a 4-mil property tax to fund the operations of his office. Moore described his current funding situation as a crisis, due to […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: He was the ugliest woman on TV but the Best Man in the City! Bill Simon, a strong Christian family man, nearly 60 years in business in Baton Rouge, his job was to keep us all moving, a faithful friend, he entered a room and brought laughter and good cheer, he never knew […]

All four proposed amendments to the Louisiana Constitution went down to defeat March 29 by a landslide.  The most important was Amendment No. 2, which was heralded by Gov. Jeff Landry as “fiscal reform.”  Actually, the 115-page constitutional amendment, the longest in state history, was a hodge-podge of good and bad. Shall We Amend La. […]

In an unusual move, Rep. Dixon McMakin of Baton Rouge has introduced a bill to name himself, other legislators, statewide officials, and members of the Public Service Commission and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to the East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee. The bill is an attempted coup or take over of the […]