Sharon Weston Broome

Capitol Access reporter Brooke Thorington and LSU political science professor Robert Hogan review the year in politics.

The two candidates made their final case to voters ahead of Saturday's runoff in Baton Rouge.

There was an upset in Baton Rouge late Tuesday night. And this time, it didn’t involve Tiger Stadium.

The Louisiana Department of Health reported 9,290 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, marking the continuation of a weeks-long trend that has seen case numbers and hospitalization rise sharply as the omicron variant spreads across the state and the country.

Sharon Weston Broome has won a second term as Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish, defeating Republican challenger Steve Carter.The Democratic…

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome discusses her runoff reelection effort against former state lawmaker Steve Carter. Political…

Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins discusses his run to unseat Senator Bill Cassidy. The Advocate’s Mark Ballard on the state of November races. EBR…

Face coverings will now be mandatory in East Baton Rouge Parish businesses in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Mayor-President Sharon…

Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome talks about the Capital’s response to the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and the wave of protests that…