Capital City News

BATON ROUGE — Sen. Bodi White has announced his candidacy for Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish in the Nov. 8 election.  Incumbent Mayor-President Kip Holden is barred from seeking reelection because of term limits. White, a conservative Republican from Central, will try to earn a spot in the Dec. 10 runoff by uniting voters in […]

READ CAPITAL CITY NEWS FOR MAY 19, 2016 — Top stories in this paper: • Sen. Bodi White Likely to Run for Mayor-President • Edmond Jordan Is Newest Member of House of Representatives • Opinion: Key to Victory in November Is Swing States • Delgado Grilled on Opposition to St. George Click here: http://centralcitynews.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/CCN-5-19-16.pdf — • Central Veterans Memorial Dedication […]

BATON ROUGE — In July 1966, I was a 19-year-old student at the LSU School of Journalism. For the past two years, I had the privilege of having worked as a newsman and disc jockey at WLCS, the No. 1 radio station in Baton Rouge and then as a television announcer and newsman at the […]

On March 5, more than 18,578 Republican voters went to the polls in East Baton Rouge Parish and elected 17 members of the East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee, which is established by state law to govern the party at the parish level. The turnout of 38.3 percent was the highest in parish history […]

There are serious problems with Louisiana’s 46-member delegation to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  Businessman Donald Trump won a solid victory in Louisiana’s Presidential Primary on March 5, defeating 13 other candidates.  Trump received nearly 42 percent of the vote, while Texas Sen. Ted Cruz received just over 37 percent, Sen. Marco Rubio received […]

Renovation of the Metro Council chamber began in November to provide expanded seating and state-of-the-art audio and video equipment in the chamber. The work is scheduled to be complete this summer. The Metro Council will have a new Council Chamber by this summer, which will provide more seating for the public, new voting equipment, and a state-of-the-art audio-visual […]

Americans for Properity state director James Kay said Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Republican Louisiana Legislature will raise state taxes even higher during another Special Session, likely in June. Kay, whose organization is leading the fight against higher taxes, told the East Baton Rouge Republican Women’s Club the only way to stop more taxes is for […]

Here’s a word for fiscal conservatives in the Louisiana Legislature who are concerned about the state’s fiscal crisis and the looming possibility of a budget deficit.  There is only one way in Louisiana to control spending, and that is by refusing to raise taxes. If you raise taxes, they will spend every penny of what […]

The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish is opening a parish headquarters beginning Friday, Feb. 12 to serve all candidates in Louisiana’s Presidential Primary, which will be held on Saturday, March 5. The headquarters, which will be located at 711 Jefferson Hwy., Suite 1B, will allow supporters of all the candidates to have a place […]

The Republican Presidential Primary season is in high gear, and Republican voters in Louisiana can expect to be courted by supporters of the three main candidates running for the nomination and perhaps even the candidates themselves. Louisiana Republicans will go to their regular voting precincts on Saturday, March 5 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and […]