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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1 week ago |
theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
In the lobby of the mayor's office on the third floor of City Hall, a digital clock ticks down the days, hours, minutes and seconds until East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ first term ends. He often points to it when someone comes to meet with him. "We have that much time to make a difference," Edwards tells them. Sunday marks the 100th day of Edwards' term, and he points to several big wins so far.
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2 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
Two projects designed to protect parts of Baton Rouge that flooded in 2016 lost their funding this week after President Donald Trump's administration ended a federal grant program. East Baton Rouge Parish had gotten initial federal approval for a $26 million project on the Lively Bayou near Florida Boulevard and a $27 million project along Roberts Canal near Glen Oaks Drive.
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2 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
Mayor-President Sid Edwards has reached an agreement — which must still go before the Metro Council — with the new city of St. George on how to share tax revenue. Edwards' proposed intergovernmental agreement, made public Friday, would disburse sales tax revenue collected in St. George's boundary since April 2024 and end a long back-and-forth of tense negotiations between the two governments.
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3 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Patrick Sloan-Turner
East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards' plan to shuffle funding from libraries and other agencies will appear before voters as four separate ballot items in November, parish officials said. After voters soundly rejected four constitutional amendments on Saturday, parish officials acknowledge they will need to work hard to make the plan clear to voters. But they hope the approach will be simpler for voters to understand — and easier to approve.
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3 weeks ago |
wwno.org | Adam Vos |Patrick Sloan-Turner
Over the weekend, the City of St. George voted for its leaders. Interim Mayor Dustin Yates was officially elected, as were city council members who took office unopposed or won their elections. Still, the election wasn’t quite the outcome city officials hoped for, when voters rejected the proposed home rule charter. Patrick Sloan-Turner, political reporter for The Advocate tells us about the irony behind this vote and what happens next.
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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
