Capital City News

Former Baker Mayor and State Sen. Mike Cross passed away Nov. 18 after a battle with cancer. Cross, who was the father of six, served on the Baker City Council for four years, as mayor for five years, and in the Louisiana Senate for nearly 16 years.  He was one of the last of the […]

BIC Magazine —America’s largest multi-industry energy magazine — and BIC Media Solutions (BMS) have joined forces with Scene Magazine — Louisiana’s entertainment magazine — in an effort to expand its presence in Louisiana for BIC Alliance and its 350 plus marketing partners, according to Baton Rouge publisher Earl Heard. Scene Magazine is an all glossy, […]

Watch one-hour special on Constitutional Convention at http://video.lpb.org/video/2365138665/. The Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973, or CC/73 as it was called, was in session from late 1972 to early 1974.  After months of research, hard work, controversy, and compromise, the delegates agreed upon a proposed new state constitution, which was submitted to the voters and ratified […]

Just back from Israel, where he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Rep. Tony Perkins said leaders he met with in Israel are distrustful of President Obama and question his commitment to the security of Israel. Perkins spoke at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon in Baton Rouge. Perkins organized a Congressional delegation to the […]

Doris Rowlett Jenkins, 91, passed away Sunday morning, Nov. 17, 2013, at 7:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, where she was recuperating from a heart attack. She was born March 4, 1922, in Houston, Texas. She was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend to many. She is survived by her son, […]

Is business just about business? Retired billboard company owner Hank Henagan says the best way to be successful in business is to place your values at the core of your business.  “Following the business principles found in the Bible will lead to success and happiness,” Henagan told the Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge […]

Leaders of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber announced this week that they will be raising a large sum of money to buy advertising to convince voters in the proposed City of St. George to vote against incorporation. The thrust of their argument is that people in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge have been […]

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Here’s a Revolutionary Idea that Can Make Istrouma High School a Great Success.  Don’t close Istrouma High School.  Rather, re-invent it to take advantage of what is really going on right now in this state. We are on the verge of the greatest boom in the history of Louisiana! More than $70 billion in new […]

Efforts to gather 18,000 signatures to call a referendum on the incorporation of the proposed City of St. George appear to be well ahead of schedule, according to unofficial reports from organizers of the movement. Roughly 6,000 signatures have been gathered, or about one-third of the required number, according to one organizer. This source said […]