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Baton Rouge columnist Smiley Anders dies at 86
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A Baton Rouge resident and longtime columnist for The Advocate has died at the age of 86, according to the local newspaper....
Baton Rouge chapter of 100 Black Women event to talk about job networking, pay equity
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe Baton Rouge chapter of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., a nonprofit whose...
Southern University Baton Rouge campus names new chancellor
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Southern University System Board of Supervisors named a new...
Baton Rouge task force wants new jail facility, better mental health care for inmates
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA task force in East Baton Rouge Parish is pushing for a new jail facility and looking for ways to...
La. lawmakers failed to create second majority Black voting district that a federal judge ordered
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers ended a special session Saturday saying they were unable...
Republican state officials in Louisiana ask lawmakers to ban the study of racism at universities,...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRepublican Party of Louisiana Chairman Louis Gurvich speaks to the state GOP's governing body,...
Louisiana state budget advances with cuts to teacher stipends, summer EBT back in bill
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A new version of the state’s budget advanced in the legislature that...
Louisiana Legislature takes aim at access to bathrooms for transgender people
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A number of bills taking aim at the LGBTQ community are being debated...
Mystikal denied bond as details emerge in latest sexual-assault case
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMystikal poses for a portrait on Jan. 22, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. (Rusty Costanza / Invision /...
Louisiana appeals latest federal ruling, asks to use new Congressional map in 2024 elections
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana filed a notice appealing the decision of a three-judge panel...