Domenic Purdy

1 week ago | wbrz.com | Domenic Purdy |Destiny Beasley

BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Detention and Jail Task Force on Tuesday presented its initial designs for new juvenile detention facilities, plans that Councilman Darryl Hurst said have the expressed goal of making incarcerated juveniles "better when they leave than when they got there.""We need a great courthouse, we need a great area for families, we need a great area to rehabilitate juveniles," the District 5 councilman said.

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.

1 month ago | wbrz.com | Joe Collins |Domenic Purdy

BATON ROUGE — The East Baton Rouge Parish Mosquito Abatement and Rodent Control Board decided to move a vote originally scheduled for Wednesday morning on whether to approve or reject a budget proposal submitted to them by parish officials to a later date. The budget proposal was submitted by Mayor-President Sid Edwards and parish officials as Thrive! East Baton Rouge last week. Under Thrive!, the parish would redirect dedicated tax dollars to a city-parish general fund.

1 month ago | wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny |Domenic Purdy

BATON ROUGE — A judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit filed against the Louisiana Department of Education and the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education by parents of Impact Charter School students. The lawsuit alleged that BESE had violated open meeting laws when it removed Impact's board of directors and replaced the body with a new slate of board members in February. The lawsuit was attempting to stop BESE's new board from taking control of the school.

2 months ago | wbrz.com | Alexis Marigny |Domenic Purdy |Sarah Lawrence

BATON ROUGE - In a meeting Friday morning, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Louisiana Department of Education wiped the Impact Charter board clean. The meeting resulted in all of the board members of Education Explosion being replaced with new ones.