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• Parish taking applications for vacant Metro Council seat after new schools leader departs panel Play Video

  August 6, 2024 2:06 PM

  BATON ROUGE — LaMont Cole has resigned his seat on the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council after being hired as the parish's public school superintendent, creating a vacancy that his former colleagues will have to fill. Under city ordinances, the remaining council members must pick a replacement within... more »

• EBR Metro Council fills District 12 vacancy under new rules Play Video

  January 22, 2020 10:35 PM

  BATON ROUGE - When Wednesday's East Baton Rouge Metro Council meeting started, the District 12 council seat sat empty. It was vacated earlier this month after Barbara Freiberg was sworn in as a State Representative. Ten residents in Freiberg's district applied to finish out the remainder of her term,... more »