Capital City News

The St. George City Council met at City Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 13 and took the following action: •Named Hancock Bank as fiscal agent •Adopted ordinances for occupational licenses, insurance license tax, cable franchise fees,  and building permits, all mirroring East Baton Rouge Parish •Intergovernmental agreement on animal control •Enacted a budget of $28 million […]

On Tuesday, Aug. 13, the St. George City Council was busy working at City Hall adopting a city budget and ordinances, appointing members of boards and commissions, and preparing to take over the business of running the new City of St. George, pop. 87,000. However, at the same moment, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome was preparing […]

The Republican Party has endorsed six candidates in contested races for six important offices on the Nov. 5 election ballot.  The 17-member East Baton Rouge Republican Parish Executive Committee is entrusted with making decisions for party members. The committee is chosen by Republican voters at the time of the Presidential Primary every four years. Five […]

The Metro Council has elected Brandon Noel as the new Mayor Pro-Tem for the City-Parish. He will serve until January when the new Council is sworn.  Noel is also a member of the Republican Parish Executive Committee representing the Zachary and Central areas. Noel, a conservative, replaced Lamont Cole as Mayor Pro-Tem. A banker, Noel […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, St. George Leader – Baton Rouge In its second official meeting on Monday, July 8, the St. George City Council took an important step toward securing the new city’s financial base by calling a tax transfer election for Saturday, Dec. 7. The election would authorize the existing 2 percent parish sales tax […]

The St. George City Council has introduced an ordinance creating a Planning Commission, a Zoning Commission, and a Board of Adjustments.  The ordinance would also adopt the East Baton Rouge Parish Unified Development Code as the interim development code for the City of St. George.  The proposed ordinance will lay over for consideration at the […]

The St. George City Council has approved an intergovernmental agreement leasing space for City Hall from the St. George Fire Department, 14100 Airline Highway in the new City of St. George. The lease is for 3,706 square feet of office space at an annual rate of $25.53 a square foot, or $7,887 a month. The […]

Asst. District Atty. Brittany Bryant Jorden announced her candidacy for Baton Rouge City Court Judge in Division C, a seat currently held by Judge Johnell Matthews. Judge Matthews will not seek re-election so the seat is open, and the election will be held Nov. 5. “As an experienced Senior Felony Asst. D.A., I have been […]

By Woody Jenkins, Editor, St. George Leader – Baton Rouge In April, Louisiana’s new State Treasurer, John Fleming, M.D., was working in his office in the northwest corner of the State Capitol in Baton Rouge.  Looking west, he could see the Mighty Mississippi River rolling down to the Gulf of Mexico.  Looking north was the massive […]

Although it has been operating informally for several years, the members of the St. George Transition District were sworn in June 24  and began official operations. The district was created by the Louisiana Legislature in 2020 as a result of a bill authored by former Sen. Bodi White.  It tracks similar legislation Sen. White passed […]