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1 week ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE - Yet another toddler was caught in cross-fire and hit by a stray bullet. Tuesday night, just after 6:30 p.m. Baton Rouge Police were called to N. 26th Street. The three-year-old was taken to Baton Rouge General Mid-City, and police say the child is stable. But police are still trying to track down the people responsible for the shooting. Three years ago, Cathy Toliver got a call from her daughter she'll never forget.
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1 week ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
inNewsSource: WBRZBATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board proposed a series of campuses in the district to close, vacate and repurpose the buildings.
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1 week ago | 
wbrz.com | Domenic Purdy |Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE - Gov. Jeff Landry doubled down on his plans to overhaul how the state's insurance system is managed, as well as his intentions to continue to promote Louisiana's economic growth, during his address at the start of the 2025 legislative session on Monday. "Despite all the sunshine we have created, a dark cloud continues to linger in the halls of this Capitol," Landry said before the joint session of the legislature. "And this debate is over the ridiculous cost of insurance.
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1 week ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE - State lawmakers are trying to give tax breaks to college student-athletes. They say eliminating income tax on name, image, and likeness deals will entice recruits. Driving through Baton Rouge, it won't take long before you spot a billboard with a college athlete's face. Now, lawmakers want to make the money they earn tax-exempt up to $12,500 in NIL payments to student-athletes.
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1 week ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE - Construction of the Comite River Diversion project has been in the works for decades, but delays continue to follow any progress. Crews have been digging a twelve-mile channel to divert flood waters from the Comite River to the Mississippi. Friday government leaders recommitted themselves to completing the project at a ceremony near the construction site. Paul Sawyer, Executive Director of the Amite River Basin Commission says finishing the decades-old project will be a relief.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE— Louisiana's school choice voucher program, 'LA Gator,' began taking applications last month, but there are questions about how much money will be available. State Sen. Rick Edmonds, R-East Baton Rouge, pushed the LA Gator law through the Senate. "It now has over 30,000 applicants that are lined up," Edmonds said. Initially, the program was supposed to receive the same funding that went towards the previous school voucher program, more than $43 million dollars.
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2 weeks ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE— Key lawmakers appeared before the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday to unveil their plans for the upcoming legislative session. A week from the start of the session, money is top of mind, especially as the state faces a $194 million shortfall. State Representative Julie Emerson, R-Carencro, says state leaders must find a new path forward after voters rejected an effort to restructure how the state raises money.
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3 weeks ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
HAMMOND - Sheriff Gerald Sticker has ben in office for nearly ten months, and Saturday parish voters chose not to adopt a three-quarter cent sales tax that he says would have benefitted his office. The tax would have raised nearly $25 million dollars. Without that money, Sticker says his office will need to make adjustments. "There's just not an abundant amount of finances," Sticker said.
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4 weeks ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE - For the third time, the Metro Council avoided a vote that would increase property taxes in the parish, but it may leave fire departments with a tough time maintaining and getting new equipment. Metro council member Aaron Moak had some colorful words about a fellow council member who decided to abstain on Wednesday night's vote. Both say they're trying to save the parish money. "It was upsetting," Moak said.
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4 weeks ago | 
wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny
BATON ROUGE — A set of proposals aims to restructure BREC and mayors in East Baton Rouge Parish say the changes wouldn't work, while others say the city-parish can't manage the parks department. Baker Mayor Darnell Waites says taking over the program is not the best way to manage dysfunction. "What you do is change things within the organization and have the people who pay into the organization give advice and suggestions on how they want to run it," Waites said.
