Paul Cobler
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Parking spots, free bus rides, tax breaks: Baton Rouge considers help for veterans
Some Baton Rouge leaders want to make the city more friendly to veterans by lowering transportation costs and making it cheaper to start a business for those who served in → Read More
Baton Rouge to get 50+ crime cameras in memory of murdered LSU student, 3-year-old
Two new, high-tech cameras will now monitor the areas where 3-year-old Devin Page Jr. and 21-year-old Allison Rice were shot and killed last year thanks to a donation from Rice's → Read More
How can Baton Rouge raise millions to fix its stormwater problems? This committee will decide.
Four months after Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's stormwater utility fee failed in the face of intense criticism, Broome is tasking a 19-member committee with finding a way to raise millions → Read More
Baton Rouge faces $103,000 court setback over land for MovEBR traffic project
A judge has blocked Baton Rouge's attempt to seize land from a family for the MovEBR roadway improvement project, saying the city-parish "moved too fast" in suing to take the → Read More
Uproar over psychiatric hospital near Glen Oaks schools prompts Metro Council action
A Metro Council member wants to block any attempt to build a psychiatric hospital for adults not fit to stand trial after his Glen Oaks constituents spoke out against locating → Read More
One man found shot and killed in Livingston early Tuesday, Sheriff says
One man was found dead from a gunshot wound early Tuesday morning in Livingston, according to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office. → Read More
Council appoints new CATS commissioners, hope they'll change culture at bus agency
Two new members of the oversight board of Baker and Baton Rouge’s bus system attended their first two meetings last week after the Metro Council approved their appointments in a → Read More
Reggie's delays hearing over liquor license suspended after Madison Brooks' death
Reggie's will remain closed until at least mid-April after the popular Tigerland bar requested a new emergency hearing date for its liquor license, which was suspended after an LSU student → Read More
Baton Rouge nightclub gives up liquor license after 12 injured in mass shooting
The nightclub where 12 people were wounded in a mass shooting last month has given up its liquor license, the head of Louisiana's Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control said → Read More
Metro Council approves $1.17 million settlement with Alton Sterling protesters suing city
The Metro Council on Wednesday approved a $1.17 million settlement of a lawsuit that accuses Baton Rouge law enforcement of using excessive force and violating the First Amendment rights of → Read More
Baton Rouge considers $1.17 million settlement with Alton Sterling protestors suing city
The Metro Council will consider in a special meeting Wednesday a $1.17 million settlement of a lawsuit that accuses the Baton Rouge Police Department of using excessive force and violating → Read More
After sewage overflows, federal trouble, Baton Rouge gets outside help running sewage plants
After overflows that put human waste in the streets and federal oversight that caused residents' sewer bills to increase for years, East Baton Rouge Parish is spending $11.4 million to → Read More
Water usage rates increasing in Baton Rouge to combat inflation, create emergency fund
Inflation and the creation of an emergency reserve fund will cause water use rates to increase for residents of Baton Rouge beginning this month, Baton Rouge Water Company Vice President → Read More
Should Metro Council have seat on engineering board? Some fear it will politicize projects.
A Metro Council member is facing staunch opposition to his proposal that would give the council more influence over the board that recommends professional service contracts for the city-parish’s largest → Read More
Hiking fees, paying fines: What happens if Baton Rouge doesn't fix its stormwater problems?
East Baton Rouge's government may have more time than previously thought to fix its stormwater system — which could require millions of dollars a year and new taxes or fees → Read More
Sunday's rain challenged Baton Rouge drainage, but recent maintenance had impact, officials say
More than 7 inches of rain in some parts of Baton Rouge on Sunday closed streets and turned fields into lakes, but the city was largely spared from house flooding. → Read More
Baton Rouge police chief urges peace, prayer before release of Memphis police beating footage
The head of the Baton Rouge Police Department is urging community members and his officers to pray for peace ahead of the expected release of "sickening" body camera footage depicting → Read More
Direct flights from Baton Rouge to Washington D.C.? Here's when, how it will happen.
Baton Rouge residents will have soon direct access to the nation's capital via American Airlines nonstop flights to Reagan International Airport that are set to begin June 1, airport officials → Read More
Temporarily closed after Madison Brooks' death, what's next for Reggie's bar in Tigerland?
Reggie’s, a Tigerland bar that has been sanctioned before for allowing underage drinking, faces potential fines, a suspension, or even a permanent revocation of its liquor license after an LSU → Read More
Regulators told Baton Rouge to fix its stormwater issues. It now has 8 months to do so.
East Baton Rouge Parish officials have eight months to figure out how to fund improvements to its stormwater drainage system and bring it into compliance with the Clean Water Act → Read More