Capital City News

Former Metro Councilman Darrell Ourso scored a narrow victory in last Saturday’s special election for the seat in the  Louisiana House of Representatives from District 66. Ourso defeated Metro Councilman Buddy Amoroso by a 72-vote margin — 1,958 to 1,886.  Less than 13 percent of registered voters participated.  Both candidates ran as conservative Republicans. Amoroso […]

William J. Federer, a nationally-known speaker, best-selling author, and president of Amerisearch, Inc., will speak in Baton Rouge and Central before a number of audiences from April 16 to 19. Federer’s American Minute radio feature is broadcast daily on stations across America and on the Internet. [See www.AmericanMinute.com] His Faith in History television show airs […]

In Washington, Ronnie Anderson is recognized as the leader of one of Louisiana’s largest and most influential organizations — the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation. But at his place in East Feliciana Parish just north of Zachary, Anderson looks like just another cow hand, as he herds cattle, drives them into holding pens, and then helps […]

The common wisdom among the “political class” is that Louisiana is a solidly Red State that can be expected to stay in the Republican colum for a long time to come. After all, every statewide elected official is a Republican, and so are all but one member of the Louisiana Congressional delegation. A majority of […]

Ross Little, Jr., Louisiana’s Republican National  Committeeman announced today that the LAGOP adopted a resolution calling for the Repeal of Common Core.  The resolution was adopted overwhelmingly on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the first State Republican meeting of 2015. The Resolution was sponsored by Little of Lafayette and co-sponsored by State Rep. Lenar Whitney of […]

Metro Councilman Buddy Amoroso, the conservative leader on the Council, narrowly led a field of four candidates Feb. 21 in a Special Election to fill a vacancy in the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 66, which is located in the proposed City of St. George. Amoroso received 1,512 votes, or 36 percent of the […]

Plaquemines Parish president Billy Nungesser brought his campaign for Lt. Governor to the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon and explained the role he would to play as Lt. Governor. Nungesser, who is the leading fundraiser in the race, said the governor needs a partner to help get things done.  But the Lt. Governor has to stand up to the […]

The Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge has received pemission from the FCC to build a new radio station for Baton Rouge. The station’s tower will be located in South- east Baton Rouge and will provide excellent coverage of Baton Rouge and St. George, according to the Cham- ber’s chairman, Cecil Cavanaugh. The station […]

Metro Councilman Buddy Amoroso, the conservative leader on the Metro Council, faced a surprisely strong challenge from former Councilman Darrell Ourso in the Feb. 21 primary in House District 66.  Now Amoroso and Ourso are preparing for the March 28 runoff election. All 105 House and 39 Senate seats will be up for election this […]

The three Republicans competing in a special election for House District 66 debated the issues before the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at Café Américain, 7521 Jefferson Hwy. Metro Councilman Buddy Amoroso, Baton Rouge attorney Rick Bond, and former Metro Councilman and banker Darrell Ourso outlined their platforms and answered questions from […]