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• Neighbor still at odds with councilman living next door, posts signs in his front yard Play Video

  April 24, 2023 4:14 PM

  BATON ROUGE - There's more development in a case involving a lawyer-legislator, an East Baton Rouge Metro councilman and that councilman's neighbor. The neighbor, Eugene Michelli, posted large signs in his front yard to make sure everyone in his district knows what's been going on. The signs say,... more »

• Council on Aging keeps its funding Play Video

  December 13, 2016 10:53 PM

  BATON ROUGE- Metro-council members failed to strip funding from the Council on Aging in Baton Rouge Tuesday. Republican Buddy Amoroso wanted the senior-citizen group to be solely funded by a tax hike voters approved in November. "I'm disappointed we gave them $872,000 from the budget," said Amoroso after his... more »

• Temporary voting locations approved for EBR precincts

  September 28, 2016 12:51 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Metro Council approved temporary voting locations for 38 precincts at 19 polling locations affected by last month's historic flooding. Crews with the parish Clerk of Court's office and the Registrar of Voters are now canvassing the impacted areas to inform them of... more »

• Metro Council discusses debris removal, votes on elevation requirements

  September 7, 2016 5:56 PM

  BATON ROUGE – The East Baton Rouge Metro Council hosted a special meeting Wednesday evening at City Hall in downtown Baton Rouge to discuss parish elevation requirements after last month’s historic flooding. The council voted to raise "substantial damage" to 50 percent of the homes value for... more »