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• EBR schools to receive additional $6.4 million in disaster funds

  July 5, 2017 11:23 AM

  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge School Board will receive an additional $6.4 million in disaster recovery funds following the August 2016 flood. The funds will reimburse for emergency protective measures at 16 different facilities in East Baton Rouge Parish. Federal funding will also pay... more »

• EBR school system to receive additional $1.1 million in FEMA assistance

  May 11, 2017 5:16 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Parish School System will receive an additional $1.1 million in assistance from FEMA following the August flood. The FEMA disaster funding will help with demolition, cleaning, remediation costs of classrooms, offices, bathrooms and storage areas at four educational facilities. The additional funding... more »

• Governor Edwards requests additional $125 million for disaster relief

  October 21, 2016 1:22 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Governor John Bel Edwards has updated his request to President Barack Obama for disaster assistance for an additional $125 million. The $125 million requested is to fund projects such as the Comite River Diversion Canal to ensure that similar projects can address future flood impacts. ... more »

• Governor Edwards increases request for federal assistance to $2.8 billion

  September 12, 2016 2:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE – Governor John Bel Edwards sent an additional letter to President Barack Obama updating the state's request for federal assistance for an additional $800 million, bringing the total to amount to $2.8 billion. The additional $800 million requested will be used on projects to protect homes and... more »