Capital City News

Central Mayor Wade Evans and St. George Mayor Dustin Yates put it all on the line Friday, Oct. 10 when Central High faced off against Woodlawn High in a district game at Panther Stadium in the City of St. George. At stake was The Mayors Cup. The winning school will be able to display the […]

Last Tuesday, as soon as the U.S. Supreme Court adjourned its hearing on the Constitutionality of Congressman Cleo Fields’ gerrymandered Congressional district, the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon in Baton Rouge received an important call. The luncheon, a meeting point for Republican leaders in East Baton Rouge Parish, was devoted to the the Supreme Court hearing. […]

FLIPPING THE SCRIPT  It is amazing to see Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill on national television attempting to take credit for the possible overturn of Cleo Fields’ racially gerrymandered Congressional district!   In case anyone has forgotten, it was Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill who WROTE Cleo Fields’ racially […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor St. George Leader There is a structural problem with City-Parish taxes and spending Simply put, here is the problem:  • We have enough tax revenue to pay for the normal operations of the City-Parish government, but tax revenues are not being distributed to agencies where the need is greatest. • Some […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor St. George Leader On October 15, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a suit challenging the racially-gerrymandered Con- gressional district which gave Cleo Fields a seat in Congress and eliminated the only Congressional seat centered in Baton Rouge.   The case, Callais v. Secretary of State Nancy Landry, has […]

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 […]