Patrick Sloan-Turner
Education Reporter at Victoria Advocate
Baton Rouge city politics reporter @TheAdvocateBR. Tripawd dog dad. FOIA. Tips: [email protected] Apologies for the MSU sports tweets.
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theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
In Louisiana's May election last week, East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore asked voters for a lifeline to help mend his office's budget woes. But residents said "no," vehemently rejecting Moore's tax proposal that would have generated millions of dollars for his office and brought it up to par with its peers.
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theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
Though he's now well-into his first year, East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards is still filling out his staff and has just announced a hire who once held a top spot in the mayor's office under a previous administration. William Daniel, former chief administrative officer of the Kip Holden administration from 2012 through 2017, is returning to the mayor's office as Edwards' assistant chief administrative officer for the public works department.
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theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
President Donald Trump has nominated veteran prosecutor Kurt Wall to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, elevating a longtime local and state prosecutor to one of the region’s top federal law enforcement posts. Wall, who has spent decades working on violent crime, drug and white-collar cases in Baton Rouge, Livingston Parish and at the Louisiana Attorney General’s office, will bring those skills to the federal level — if his nomination confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
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theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
President Donald Trump has nominated veteran prosecutor Kurt Wall to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, elevating a longtime local and state prosecutor to one of the region’s top federal law enforcement posts. Wall, who has spent decades working on violent crime, drug and white-collar cases in Baton Rouge, Livingston Parish and at the Louisiana Attorney General’s office, will bring those skills to the federal level — if his nomination confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
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theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
President Donald Trump has picked Kurt Wall, an attorney with experience in East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes, to serve as the area's chief federal prosecutor, according to congressional records. Wall, 59, was among several dozen nominees announced by the Trump Administration on Tuesday to fill a series of long-vacant federal positions. He will still need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate before he takes over as chief prosecutor in the Middle District of Louisiana.
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“I have to ask the people for help.” While he knows it’s not a great time for it, Baton Rouge DA Hillar Moore says budget reductions and growing case backlogs leave him no other choice but to propose a tax. https://t.co/rCoc7yLR5n
RT @TalKopan: A Venezuelan migrant with a newborn son couldn't find where her partner was -- until she found him in the background of foota…
“That’s on me,” Edwards said, about the cops vs. libraries narrative, an example of a mistake he and his staff has learned from. "In these first 100 days, we've been playing a lot of defense. And when the defense is on the field too long, it hurts."
Today marks Baton Rouge Mayor Sid Edwards’ 100th day in office. This week, I sat down with him for a behind-the-scenes look at his administration’s early political challenges, their early wins and some lessons learned the hard way. https://t.co/9ulgt8CQGH
