Capital City News

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 […]

Citizens of Louisiana, Two hundred thirteen years ago today, on January 11, 1803, President Thomas Jefferson directed Robert Livingston and James Monroe to enter into a treaty with France to purchase the Louisiana Territory. What followed was the largest territorial gain in the United States’ history. New American land from fifteen present-day states and two […]

On January 11, 2016 an icon of Baton Rouge and Parkview Baptist passed into glory.  If you were blessed during your high school years to be influenced by a special teacher or coach who you will never forget, then you know a little about what Boots Garland meant to us here at Parkview.  From 1984 […]

Louisi-ana voters will go to the polls on Saturday, March 5 in the state’s Presidential Primary.  Fourteen Republican candidatess will appear on the ballot including the top two candidates — Donald Trump and Ted Cruz. Democratic voters will choose between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.  You must be a member of a political party in […]

On paper, the Speaker of the Louisiana House has enormous power.  Unlike Congress, where seniority is important in choosing not only committee chairmen but the members of each committee, Louisiana does not have a seniority system at all.  As a result, under House Rules, the Speaker appoints every single House committee chairman.  Not only that.  He […]

Republicans in the Louisiana House did something Monday that hasn’t been done in nearly 100 years.  They elected a Speaker of the House who was not handpicked in advance by the governor. This rare expression of legislative independence came after the election of a Democratic governor in a state where 61 of the 105 members of […]