Members of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council have asked Mayor-President Sid Edwards to revise his proposal for a historic pay raise for Baton Rouge Police Department employees to instead spread the money to most city-parish workers.
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Baton Rouge Police Department employees could soon get the largest across-the-board pay raises in department history if East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards latest ask of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council is successful. -
The East Baton Rouge Public Defender remain underfunded despite a $500,000 allocation from the parish. High case loads and small pay checks remain the norm -
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Changes made at the federal level to the food assistance program will cost millions in the coming years and make management of the program more complex. -
The federal task force will continue to target these crimes during and beyond Mardi Gras.
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