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Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards said his team organized with about 15 restaurants in an attempt to make sure no one goes hungry during the government shutdown.

The East Baton Rouge Metro Council hopes to persuade more public service retirees to switch to a government-funded health care plan it offers to help make up for a $21 million budget shortfall.

Eleven high school bands in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System have outdated uniforms — or none at all.

BRPD Chief TJ Morse said the producers of the show approached him fresh off the heels of his appointment last year. He hopes to show the good that the police do through BRPD’s involvement with the show.

People from across the state came to share their zine, small magazines containing various art forms, with people at the Baton Rouge Zinefest