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  • Graves says he'll run again for his current seat

    March 4, 2024 9:09 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Congressman Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, said Monday that he intends to run for reelection in his current district. Graves said he believes the court will throw out the redrawn district maps. The Congressional district lines are the subject of a federal lawsuit demanding a second... more »
  • Lawmaker doesn't 'see a pathway' to finished Comite River Diversion Canal this year Play Video

    January 31, 2022 10:53 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Even with construction well underway, work to complete the decades-delayed Comite River Diversion Canal will likely spill into next year, according to Congressman Garret Graves. Since all funding was secured for the project in 2018, the project has seen delays, most recently in March 2021 when... more »
  • Garret Graves among lawmakers to meet with Biden on infrastructure; 'top priority' is new bridge Play Video

    April 12, 2021 10:27 PM

    WASHINGTON - Louisiana had a seat at the table as President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Monday to discuss infrastructure. Among the congressmen and senators was Rep. Garret Graves. "The president's opening salvo was talking about how he was open to negotiation, open to... more »
  • Graves, Edwards, Broome meet to discuss funding match for federal drainage dollars Play Video

    August 5, 2019 6:51 PM

    BATON ROUGE - Monday morning East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, Governor John Bel Edwards, and Congressman Garret Graves met to discuss local funding needed to match federal dollars to fund a drainage project. Last year, $255 million in federal funding was secured from the Army Corps of... more »
  • Livingston residents can get FEMA assistance for damaged graves

    November 3, 2016 11:05 AM

    LIVINGSTON – A community meeting will be held for residents with family members buried in Livingston Parish to get assistance for the reburial of caskets that were displaced by the August flood. According to the Livingston Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, 21 cemeteries have been damaged... more »
  • St. Joseph Cathedral to hold All Saints Day mass and blessing of graves ceremonies

    November 1, 2016 10:49 AM

    BATON ROUGE – Saint Joseph Cathedral in downtown Baton Rouge will hold mass for All Saints Day on Tuesday along with a blessing of the graves ceremonies. Mass will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 1 at noon, and following Father Paul Counce will bless the graves of the deceased... more »
  • Meeting to address disrupted graves from flood

    October 4, 2016 11:00 AM

    ASCENSION PARISH – The Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office of Homeland Security is holding a public meeting for family members of those whose graves were disrupted as a result of the August flood. FEMA re-interment specialists will register families at the meeting for reburial costs and give them detailed re-interment... more »
  • Relatives get first look at Plainview Cemetery after storm Play Video

    October 2, 2016 8:26 PM

    DENHAM SPRINGS – Theresa Perkins and her granddaughters made their first visit to Plainview Cemetery since last month’s historic flooding. Dozens of vaults and caskets sit on top of the ground. Perkins’ mother’s disturb grave brings tears to her eyes. Her mother is not the only relative buried here.... more »
  • State politicians frustrated at FEMA's slow flood response Play Video

    September 14, 2016 11:00 PM

    BATON ROUGE - As state politicians countinue to fight for funding, many are saying they're dissatisfied with the time it's taking FEMA to get resources to families. "This isn't the first time we've had a disaster," Congressman Garret Graves told News Two's Brett Buffington. "It's not the first disaster we've... more »

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