Baton Rouge has a new mayor-president in 2025, one who has made a reduction in crime a focus of his administration.

Sid Edwards was a high school football coach who had never run for office. Now, he’s the mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s ...

BATON ROUGE ... Besides the local proposition, voters across the state also weighed in on four constitutional amendments and various municipal general elections and propositions.

Candidates for this race will qualify between Jan. 7-9 at their local clerk of courts. The Fields’ Senate District 14 stretches through most of north Baton Rouge and runs through downtown into LSU.

After the first day in the three-day period to formally declare candidacy, two hopefuls are officially running in the Baton Rouge race for District 14, and two are running in Lafayette for District 23 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The East Baton Rouge School Board has selected a new president and vice president. During an EBR ...

Two open seats for the Louisiana Senate — one in Baton Rouge and the other in Lafayette — have each drawn three candidates ahead of a Feb. 15 special election. Baton Rouge's District 14 covers ...