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• Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban

  May 22, 2013 1:00 PM

  GRAPEVINE, Texas - The Boy Scouts of America has started its meeting in which members of its national council are to decide whether to change the group's long-standing ban on openly gay boys. BSA is holding its annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas, near its suburban Dallas headquarters. About 1,400 voting... more »

• Community meeting tonight over sinkhole tour

  May 1, 2013 6:38 PM

  BAYOU CORNE - A community meeting with members of the governor's blue ribbon commission for the Assumption Parish sinkhole is going on now. The commission has been in Bayou Corne for the past few days examining the sinkhole site. The group was formed to ensure the long-term safety of... more »

• Federal judge postpones police reform meeting

  April 30, 2013 10:50 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge granted a request from city and Department of Justice officials to postpone a New Orleans Police Department consent decree monitor selection committee meeting. Tuesday's meeting was the deadline for the committee to indicate whether they had agreed on which firm should oversee the implementation... more »

• First meeting today for sinkhole safety commission

  April 5, 2013 10:56 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Members of a new blue ribbon commission scheduled their first meeting today to examine public safety at the Bayou Corne sinkhole. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Stephen Chustz said today's meeting would focus on getting the new members of the commission familiar with the sinkhole... more »

• Hearing to be Held on Saggy Pants Ban

  March 26, 2013 11:11 AM

  HOUMA - Terrebonne residents can comment April 10 before the Parish Council takes a final vote on a proposal to impose fines for anyone caught wearing pants that sag below the waist in public. The Courier reports the council voted 8-1 Monday night to advance the proposed ordinance. The ordinance,... more »

• Gov. Jindal to visit Bayou Corne community

  March 19, 2013 10:27 AM

  BAYOU CORNE - Governor Bobby Jindal scheduled a meeting today with families and officials in the Bayou Corne community, which has been battling the effects of a large sinkhole. Buyouts began this week for property owners evacuated or affeted by the sinkhole, which is on land owned by Texas... more »

• Special crime meeting called for Thursday in Baton Rouge

  February 28, 2013 3:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A community meeting has been called to talk about crime and the police department. Councilwoman Tara Wicker announced the meeting Thursday afternoon. The meeting will be held Thursday evening at the Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center on East Washington Street. "The community is invited to... more »

• Residents speak out against heated police jury meeting Play Video

  February 27, 2013 6:32 PM

  NEW ROADS - People are still still buzziing about Tuesday night's Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury meeting. What began as a discussion about an employee's work schedule turned into a battle of name-calling. The issue is over a worker who's not even employed with the parish anymore. Juror... more »

• Superdome officials to meet today

  February 27, 2013 8:00 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - The panel that oversees the Superdome will hold its first regular meeting since the now infamous power outage that delayed the Super Bowl earlier this month. The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District board will meet this afternoon at the facility. Entergy Corp. has said it believes the... more »

• Packed house for Senate sinkhole meeting

  February 19, 2013 10:27 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Spectators packed the Senate committee room at the state capitol this morning ahead of a scheduled committee meeting to discuss developments at the Assumption Parish sinkhole. The state Senate's Natural Resources Committee scheduled two meetings, one today and another later in Assumption Parish, to get more... more »

• Soul searching in focus as GOP gathers in NC

  January 23, 2013 4:01 PM

  CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Republican soul searching begins in earnest this week as GOP officials from across the nation come together for the first time since their party's November shellacking. There is broad agreement that the Republican Party needs to undergo fundamental changes to remain competitive. But there is no clear... more »

• WBR school board to discuss security tonight

  January 14, 2013 10:53 AM

  PORT ALLEN - School administrators in West Baton Rouge will meet with law enforcement tonight to discuss school security in the parish. Tonight's committee meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the school board office in Port Allen. The committee will primarily decide if the topic warrants further... more »

• Biden voices interest in new technology for guns

  January 11, 2013 4:06 PM

  WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden says he's interested in technology that would keep a gun from being fired by anyone other than the person who bought it. He says evidence shows such technology may have curtailed what happened last month in Connecticut when 20 youngsters and six teachers were... more »

• Date set for school security task force meeting

  December 27, 2012 9:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE- State leaders will take a good, hard look at the safety of kids while they're at school. Thursday, lawmakers set a date for a special meeting to talk about school security. A homeland security committee will gather on January 9, 2013. It's members from the Louisiana... more »

• House to return to session Sunday evening

  December 27, 2012 2:37 PM

  WASHINGTON- The House will be back in session Sunday evening as the "fiscal cliff" looms, threatening across-the-board tax increases and spending cuts with the new year. Officials said the Republican leadership informed the GOP rank and file of the plan to meet during a conference call Thursday. It is unclear... more »

• Obama, Boehner meeting at the White House

  December 17, 2012 10:46 AM

  WASHINGTON - A White House official says President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are meeting at the White House to discuss the pending fiscal cliff and deficit reduction. The meeting comes as Boehner is offering $1 trillion in higher tax revenue over 10 years and an increase in... more »

• Community health briefing tonight over sinkhole

  December 13, 2012 10:56 AM

  BAYOU CORNE - Health and environmental officials scheduled a community briefing tonight to for Bayou Corne residents evacuated due to a sinkhole near their homes. DHH and DEQ, along with parish officials, said they will specifically address health concerns residents had previously brought up. They will not have information... more »

• Officials describe tense meeting with Cambodian leader

  November 19, 2012 12:08 PM

  PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The White House is describing as tense today's meeting between President Barack Obama and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Obama is the first U.S. president to set foot in Cambodia, a country that was once known for the "killing fields" of its genocidal communist regime in... more »

• LSU board to redo vote on merger after criticism

  November 15, 2012 11:40 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The attorney general's office says it has "serious concerns" that LSU's governing board may have violated the open meetings law with its October vote to merge the positions of system president and chancellor of the flagship campus. The Board of Supervisors announced Thursday that it will revote... more »

• Obama hopes to meet with Romney before year's out

  November 14, 2012 2:18 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says he hasn't yet scheduled a meeting with Republican Mitt Romney. At a news conference Wednesday, Obama said he hopes to have the chance to talk with Romney before the end of the year. Obama said the election was only a week ago, and that... more »

• Questions remain after Bayou Corne community meeting Play Video

  September 29, 2012 7:35 PM

  PIERRE PART-In Assumption Parish dozens of people showed up for a meeting with officials to find out what's going on since they were evacuated from their homes near Bayou Corne. Vicki Guilbeau says, "Somebody's having a problem finding out what's going on. And they don't have the answers just... more »

• Sinkhole grows, damages road in Assumption Parish Play Video

  September 26, 2012 1:10 PM

  BAYOU CORNE - A sinkhole in Assumption Parish swallowed part of a work road as more land sloughed off into it. Parish officials said a 30 foot by 50 foot section of land on the southeast side of the sinkhole near Bayou Corne collapsed overnight. The slough in took... more »

• Ex-prof gets life in prison for meeting rampage

  September 24, 2012 4:28 PM

  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - A former university professor has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing three of her colleagues and wounding three others during a faculty meeting. The jury deliberated for about 20 minutes before convicting Amy Bishop on Monday. Amy Bishop, a former professor at the... more »

• Bayou Corne residents want sinkhole questions answered Play Video

  September 20, 2012 5:44 PM

  BAYOU CORNE - A 25-foot-section of the sinkhole in Assumption Parish collapsed overnight, the second time this week that's happened. Tonight, residents are holding a community meeting to get answers to what's causing all these incidents, However, parish officials said they won't be at the meeting because there aren't... more »

• Meeting scheduled about Assumption sinkhole

  September 18, 2012 8:54 AM

  BAYOU CORNE- Residents will hold an emergency town-hall meeting to encourage state and local officials to provide more information about the sinkhole in Assumption Parish. John Achee Jr., a community activist, said the meeting will be held Thursday at the St. Joseph the Worker Church parish hall in Pierre... more »

• Construction projects planned for 6 EBR schools

  September 13, 2012 8:47 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A series of improvement projects are scheduled to take place at six schools across East Baton Rouge Parish. School board members approved the plans Wednesday night during a "committee of the whole" meeting. The schools scheduled for construction work are Belfair, Bernard Terrace, Greenbrier and... more »

• Post-Isaac seafood meeting held

  September 7, 2012 10:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - Seafood industry leaders are assessing the effects of Hurricane Isaac. Ewell Smith, director of the state's seafood promotion board, says fishing communities such as Delacroix, Hopedale and Lafitte suffered damage in the storm. Smith said figures on how the storm affected the industry were being compiled Friday.... more »

• Meeting scheduled for sinkhole update

  August 21, 2012 10:50 AM

  BAYOU CORNE - Emergency officials in Assumption Parish scheduled a public meeting for Friday, Aug. 24 to update people on the condition of the sinkhole near Bayou Corne. Texas Brine continued work drilling an observation well to get into a brine cavern near the sinkhole, which is on their... more »

• Meeting set to brief community on sinkhole

  August 5, 2012 6:53 PM

  BAYOU CORNE- Assumption Parish, State, and facility owners will meet with people who live near a sinkhole that developed Friday. The sinkhole may be caused by a failure in a brine cavern inside a salt dome. The sinkhole is connected with some bubbles that appeared in Bayou Corne earlier... more »

• Legislative study panel begins tax break review

  July 23, 2012 4:27 PM

  BATON ROUGE - A new study panel is reviewing the billions of dollars of state tax breaks on the books, looking at whether they are worth keeping as Louisiana faces repeated rounds of budget cuts. The 14-member review commission of legislative leaders held its first meeting Monday, featuring a crash... more »

• Joint committee questions tax breaks, health cuts

  July 23, 2012 10:19 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Lawmakers gathered in Baton Rouge today for a join budget committee meeting. On the agenda are questions about just how much the impact of the state's tax breaks are to the budget. Lawmakers also plan to question the Jindal administration about recent Medicaid cuts, most of... more »

• Fed would support new efforts to stimulate economy

  May 16, 2012 7:37 PM

  More members of the Federal Reserve say Fed support could be needed if the economic recovery lost momentum or if the risks to the economy became great enough. The sentiment comes from the Fed's April 24-25 meeting. The comments are in contrast to previous meetings where only a few of... more »

• Residents get say in Livingston Parish growth

  April 9, 2012 10:21 AM

  DENHAM SPRINGS-- Monday night will be the first in a series of meetings to determine the future of Livingston Parish. Leaders there are working on a comprehensive master plan for the area, and they want input from people who live there. Monday night at 6:00, people will be able... more »

• Fed Leaders worried about Jobs Gains

  April 3, 2012 7:30 PM

  Policymakers at the Federal Reserve are worried recent strong gains in hiring could dry up if economic growth in the U.S. doesn't pick up. Minutes of the Fed's march 13 meeting show members expressed those concerns before sticking with a plan to keep interest rates at record lows until 2014.... more »

• EBR superintendent finalist to be announced at Thursday meeting

  March 22, 2012 10:29 AM

  BATON ROUGE - A special East Baton Rouge School Board meeting will be held this evening with the expectation for a superintendent finalist to be announced. The meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. News 2 will be live from the meeting at 5 & 6 with updates. more »

• Walker to get new flood zone maps

  March 18, 2012 10:22 AM

  WALKER - Federal officials will meet with residents of this Livingston Parish city on Monday evening to unveil new flood maps. City officials have revised flood control regulations to conform with requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Aldermen were told this past week that FEMA had set a deadline... more »

• Girl shot in home sparks neighborhood meeting Play Video

  January 17, 2012 4:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Neighbors in North Baton Rouge will meet tonight to take back their neighborhood. It follows a shooting where a 15-year-old was hit by a bullet while doing homework in her home. Detectives are still looking for 18-year old Darius Joseph in connection to the shooting. ... more »

• UPDATE: Baker sides with neighbors Play Video

  December 27, 2011 4:27 PM

  BAKER - People are fighting a plan tonight to store pipes near homes in Baker. Stupp Corporation wants to store pipes in the former Renaissance Village, a place where Hurricane Katrina evacuees lived in FEMA trailers. If the plan is finalized about two dozen semis would travel every... more »

• White meeting with EBRP School Board Play Video

  December 7, 2011 6:20 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The acting Louisiana Superintendent says she is stepping down next month. Ollie Tyler made the announcement during a Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meeting. Tyler took over when Paul Pastorek quit earlier this year. Tyler says she will continue her forty year career in... more »

• Metro Council schedules special meeting

  September 29, 2011 4:46 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Metro Council scheduled a special meeting for next Tuesday to continue work left unfinished by a lack of a quorum during last night's meeting. The special meeting will be held Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. The... more »

• Special council meeting to be held following abrupt end of Wednesday meeting

  September 28, 2011 10:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE- A special meeting of the Metro Council will be called to finish business leftover by a sudden end to Wednesday's council meeting because of a lack of a quorum. The council was just starting to address the million dollar Galvez Plaza project, and a deal discussed between... more »

• BRPD gives update on bar fight investigation

  August 23, 2011 3:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police in Baton Rouge today said arrests could come in a couple of weeks after a fight last week that witnesses said involved LSU football players. Sgt. Don Stone said today they will have to follow up on the information they got from interviewing the four... more »

• LSU Football players' meeting with BRPD postponed

  August 21, 2011 3:47 PM

  BATON ROUGE- The meeting between the Baton Rouge Police Department and the four LSU football players who were implicated in a bar fight early Friday morning has been postponed. The four players obtained representation from lawyers Nathan Fisher and Shannon Fay, who requested an extension from Baton Rouge Police... more »

• Vitter Holds Forum in Central

  August 9, 2011 5:27 PM

  CENTRAL- Senator David Vitter, R-LA, says the federal credit downgrade should not be a surprise to anyone. He says Standard and Poor's made it clear about the tax cuts needed to avoid the problem. He says S & P asked for $4 trillion in cuts. The debt plan... more »

• School board to vote on budget plan

  July 7, 2011 5:42 PM

  LIVINGSTON- After months of operating in 'emergency mode,' the Livingston Parish School Board will vote on a plan this evening that could finally put it in the black. The system, dealing with a nearly $10 million shortfall, could prevent teacher layoffs if the plan is accepted. "I think... more »

• Obama: White House deficit meeting constructive

  July 7, 2011 12:31 PM

  WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama says lawmakers of both parties agree on the importance of raising the debt limit by Aug. 2 and he will reconvene them Sunday to get down to the hard bargaining that's necessary to get a deal done. Obama spoke at the White House Thursday... more »

• New BRPD Chief has first face-to-face with public

  June 2, 2011 10:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE- One community in Baton Rouge met with the new top crime-fighter in the city Thursday night. Chief Dewayne White shared his background and goals with the crowd at the District 6 Community Meeting, but also listened to people with ideas and concerns. White says in just... more »

• Frustrated farmers vent as rivers rise

  May 19, 2011 5:16 PM

  VIDALIA - An overflow crowd turned out Thursday for a meeting in Vidalia with state and federal agricultural officials. Farmers are suffering from the Mississippi River flood, even though flooding of fields is minimal. A drought, deer being driven into their fields by the rising river, and seepage... more »

• Higher Interest Rates?

  April 5, 2011 7:24 PM

  Members of the Federal Reserve raised concerns that a big jump in energy prices could weaken the economy and unleash inflation, leading to a tightening of credit and higher interest rates this year. The minutes of the Fed's closed-door meeting last month were released Tuesday but did not specify if... more »

• Regents to discuss SUNO/UNO merger Feb. 8

  January 27, 2011 12:03 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Feb. 8 to discuss a controversial proposal to merge the University of New Orleans campus with the historically black Southern University at New Orleans campus. Regents Chairman Robert Levy announced the meeting Thursday. A Colorado consultant is studying... more »

• BP oil spill claims czar returns to Gulf Coast

  January 17, 2011 1:49 PM

  BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. - The administrator of BP's $20 billion oil spill claims fund returns to the Gulf Coast this week amid increasing complaints that the program is failing to compensate many in need. Attorney Kenneth Feinberg will meet Tuesday with residents, business owners and fishermen in Bayou La... more »

• Les Miles confirms he will meet with Michigan

  January 10, 2011 11:44 AM

  BATON ROUGE - LSU head coach Les Miles has confirmed he will be meeting with Michigan representatives about the head coaching job there. Miles made a short statement after Tigers cornerback Patrick Peterson's announcement he will be going into the 2011 NFL draft. Miles said that "distant conversations"... more »

• Meeting to discuss EBR school closures underway

  January 6, 2011 5:33 PM

  BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is set to vote on a number of issues at Thursday's meeting. So far, Superintendent John Dilworth has added to his original plan. The additions include keeping Polk Elementary open two more years, but they must improve enrollment... more »

• Legislators talk budget with the governor

  December 14, 2010 10:36 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Dozens of state lawmakers had their turn at the table with the governor on Tuesday. The meeting was the latest in a series of sit-downs about the state's budget crisis. More than 30 legislators were involved in the conversation. Some lawmakers told News 2 that conversation... more »

• Jindal discussing higher education funding with stakeholders

  November 30, 2010 2:41 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Higher education officials are discussing the future of their institutions' funding with Governor Bobby Jindal this afternoon. The meeting began at 2:00 p.m. at the Governor's Mansion, and officials are expected to talk about what was discussed with reporters afterward. Higher education officials have been... more »

• Library supporters, opposers voice opinons at council meeting

  November 16, 2010 4:49 PM

  BATON ROUGE - About a dozen Baton Rouge residents attended the budget meeting held by the metro council to discuss what the fate of the downtown library. Davis Rhorer and a library board member have spoken in support of the 19 mill downtown library project. Those opposed have suggested... more »

• Jindal to promote book in California

  November 12, 2010 5:17 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Next week Gov. Bobby Jindal will promote his new book "Leadership and Crisis" in California in a meeting to be aired on C-SPAN. The Nov. 20 event is coordinated by the Young America's Foundation, which operates the Reagan Ranch. Jindal will be participate in a discussion from... more »

• Baton Rouge budget released today

  November 5, 2010 11:04 AM

  BATON ROUGE - The Metro Council will get their first look at Baton Rouge's proposed budget for 2011 this morning. The Council is holding a special meeting to receive copies of the budget for review before approving it. Ashley Rodrigue is also getting an advance copy of the... more »

• Gulf restoration task force to begin meeting

  November 4, 2010 5:28 AM

  NEW ORLEANS - President Barack Obama's task force on the restoration of the Gulf Coast is set to begin meeting to look at how the region can be fixed after the BP oil spill. The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force will have its first public meeting in Pensacola, Fla.,... more »

• Governor gets face-to-face with LSU students

  November 1, 2010 9:05 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Student leaders at LSU finally got face-to-face with Governor Bobby Jindal today. The students, who have collected 700 letters from classmates on budget cuts to higher education, have been trying to deliver those letters to Jindal since last week. The students finally got a hold... more »

• 4 La. meetings set to discuss oil spill damage

  October 23, 2010 11:28 AM

  Four public meetings are scheduled across coastal Louisiana next week to discuss damage the BP oil spill did to the environment and natural resources. The meeting are part of the natural resource damage assessment process for the spill. A damage assessment is a lengthy legal process that determines the... more »

• EBR to hold community forums for tax talk

  October 11, 2010 10:23 PM

  The East Baton Rouge Parish school district needs your help deciding how to deal with a downturn in sales taxes. Monday night, the Board talked over how to adjust its 10-year tax plan that pays for school construction and teacher salaries. Some of the options are to scale back classroom... more »

• St. Helena school board defers tax vote, tensions still high

  September 20, 2010 10:28 PM

  Tax talk in St. Helena Parish was deferred again by the school board, even though schools are under the gun by a federal judge since they're run down. The education of children in St. Helena Parish is at stake, but dollars continue to keep their fate hanging in the... more »

• Residents in Mall City pushing for change

  September 14, 2010 5:38 PM

  Neighbors in Melrose East, commonly known as Mall City, are pushing to clean up their crime-plagued neighborhood. Crime stats on the Baton Rouge Police Department's Web site show there were seven homicides, five rapes and nearly 350 burglaries over the past year and a half. Residents said their fear... more »

• Allen to tour coast

  August 31, 2010 10:23 AM

  The man in charge of the BP oil spill will be touring a coastal marsh and meeting with a public official who is highly critical of federal response. Retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen will hold a news conference later this afternoon with Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser following... more »

• Regents holds meeting about interim chief

  August 17, 2010 5:03 AM

  Today the Board of Regents is holding an emergency meeting to decide its next step in a dispute with state lawmakers over the salary package for the interim higher education commissioner. Members of the Legislature's joint budget committee last week rejected the pay for Tom Layzell, calling the compensation excessive.... more »

• LSU Hospital meetings: open or closed door?

  August 6, 2010 11:22 AM

  Future meetings to discuss the $1.2 billion state teaching hospital in New Orleans, may be open to the public-- but it's still undecided. The board held a closed-door gathering this week. New Orleans lawmakers reacted angrily to the closed meeting during which nine of the 11 board members convened... more »

• BP, Coast Guard meet with parish presidents

  July 29, 2010 6:53 PM

  Senior executives with BP and the Coast Guard met face-to-face with some parish presidents. Some say the meeting was heated but positive. News 2’s Mike Steele got answers on what was resolved. more »

• Louisiana planning waterfowl hunting season

  July 17, 2010 9:54 AM

  State wildlife and fisheries officials have scheduled a series of six meetings to address the concerns of waterfowl hunters about the effect of oil in coastal marshes and the upcoming hunting season. At the public meetings planned July 26-Aug. 3, the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will convey current... more »

• Central schools to hold special meeting

  April 14, 2010 10:14 AM

  The Central Community School System will hold a special meeting Wednesday night to award bids for six million dollars in renovation work at three schools in the district. The meeting will be at the Kristenwood Hall at six p.m. The schools set to be renovated include Bellingrath Hills... more »

• FutureEBR open house today

  April 7, 2010 9:26 AM

  There will be a public open house meeting today from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. at the BREC Headquarters Building on Florida Boulevard. City-parish leaders will present early feedback on the parish-wide workshops held earlier this month. The public will get a chance to give input by way of "live... more »

• GOP fires staffer over topless club visit

  March 30, 2010 9:50 AM

  A staffer who helped organize a visit to a sex-themed Hollywood club that cost nearly $2,000 has been fired by the GOP. The GOP says it will recoup the money from a donor who also participated. The outing to Voyeur West Hollywood involved several members of the "Young Eagles" GOP... more »

• Assumption School Board eyes teacher layoffs

  March 29, 2010 6:02 AM

  Assumption Parish school system officials are looking at job cuts in the system. This would be the third reduction in employees since 2004. School officials have not said who could be fired or how many employees would be involved. The school board will hold a special meeting today to discuss... more »

• Crowd supports breakup of Lafayette government

  March 23, 2010 7:06 AM

  A large crowd showed up at the first of several town-hall meetings to demand a public vote to separate Lafayette parish and city governments. The City-Parish Council has been debating whether to allow voters a say on returning to the two separate governments that existed before consolidation in 1996. The... more »

• Public meeting for proposed Houma-Thibodaux to La 3127 Connection

  March 1, 2010 9:35 AM

  There will be a public meeting hosted by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to give information on the Houma-Thibodaux to La. 3127 Connection Environmental Impact Statement. It will be held Tuesday, March 9, 2010, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Gouaux Auditorium, located at Nicholls State... more »

• Rapides, Alexandria & Pineville to meet jointly

  February 22, 2010 8:37 AM

  The Army Corps of Engineers' refusal to certify levees in Rapides Parish is bringing the governments of the parish and its two biggest cities together for a joint meeting. Alexandria Mayor Jacques Roy says he and Pineville Mayor Clarence Fields and Police Jury President Richard Billings have been working... more »

• Loop meeting set for today in Livingston

  January 25, 2010 8:47 AM

  There will be a public meeting today for the Baton Rouge Loop Project with latest information and to get feedback from the public. Today, January 25th 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. Livingston Parish Health Unit 29261 Frost Road more »

• Public meetings to be held on loop project

  January 11, 2010 11:31 AM

  Several public meetings concerning a proposed toll loop around Baton Rouge will be held this month. Leaders will be available to talk about the latest proposed routes and provide information on upcoming land use workshops for residents. The public meetings are as follows: Wednesday, January 13th West Baton Rouge Parish... more »

• Sorrento council meeting ends peacefully

  November 6, 2009 10:30 PM

  The Sorrento Town Council held a special meeting Friday night to discuss the town's ongoing sewer problems and behavior issues during council meetings. On Tuesday, a meeting was shut down early because of shouting between council members and people in the audience. Police Chief Earl Theriot said there was... more »

• Meeting set to discuss council members' behaviour

  November 6, 2009 4:57 PM

  The Sorrento town council is holding a special meeting tonight after this week's original meeting ended in a shouting match. There are only two items on tonight's agenda and one of them deals with council member behavior. The other item has to do with the town's ongoing sewer... more »

• Ramp meters explained on 2une In

  November 4, 2009 7:04 AM

  There will be a public meeting tonight to discuss a traffic management tool that will be implemented along I-12 from Essen to Walker. It will be start at 7:00p.m. and run until 8:30p.m. at Walker High School. DOTD and representatives of ABMB Engineers Inc. will discuss the upcoming ramp metering... more »

• Bond proposal meetings today

  November 3, 2009 5:32 AM

  There will be two informational meetings on Mayor Kip Holden's bond issue today. The first will be at the Delmont Gardens Library from Noon to 2 p.m. Mayor Kip Holden and Walter Monsour will be on hand to answer any questions or concerns citizens might have regarding this important issue.... more »

• Ramp metering meeting today

  November 3, 2009 5:21 AM

  There will be a public meeting today to discuss a traffic management tool that will be implemented along I-12 from Essen to Walker. It will be today from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Baton Rouge DOTD and representatives of ABMB Engineers Inc. will discuss... more »

• La. Congressmen to address health care debate

  October 18, 2009 3:58 PM

  Two Louisiana congressmen plan to address the ongoing debate about overhauling the nation's health care on Monday. U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, from Baton Rouge, and Rep. Steve Scalise both have planned meetings on the issue. Cassidy will deliver remarks and take questions on health care from members of... more »