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Election Expenses Jump to $21,000 While Insurance Costs Double PORT ALLEN - The city closed fiscal year 2024-25 with strong revenue performance but faces significant unexpected cost increases that will challenge the current budget, Finance Director Adrian Daigle told the council Wednesday. Budget Performance The city's general
July 11, 2025
The West Baton Rouge Parish Council has given the Council on Aging one year to spend down its $5.4 million fund balance, with council members arguing that taxpayer money shouldn't accumulate in savings accounts. "We don't want to build savings accounts. It's
July 07, 2025
West Baton Rouge Parish officials are taking a proactive approach to sewer system improvements while other infrastructure systems have been managed more reactively, highlighting different management approaches across departments. The Parish Council will hold a public hearing Thursday, June 26th at 5:30 PM to consider authorizing the Louisiana Local
June 25, 2025
Bottom Line Up Front: Congressman Cleo Fields defended key federal programs vital to Louisiana during a Port Allen town hall last week, emphasizing FEMA's importance to the state and his office's role in helping residents navigate federal agencies. Congressman Cleo Fields returned to Port Allen this
June 23, 2025
Addis resident's public criticism echoes WBR Independent's documented pattern of reactive governance Addis resident Daryl Gauthier's recent letter to The Advocate calling out West Baton Rouge Parish government for "ineffective" leadership and poor planning echoes concerns that WBR Independent has documented through
June 11, 2025
Port Allen officials outlined a $15 million, five-year sewer treatment plant project and defended existing blight ordinances during the city's inaugural town hall meeting Monday night at City Hall. Mayor Terecita Pattan presided over the meeting with four city council members present, along with City Attorney Evan Alvarez
June 11, 2025
After years of setbacks, advocates including motorcycle crash survivor Anthony Summers finally see distracted driving bill reach governor's desk Editor's note: Anthony Summers, one of the advocates featured in this story, is the brother of the author. The phone call that changed Anthony Summers' advocacy
June 06, 2025
Announcing the Launch of WBRIndependent.com West Baton Rouge Parish is growing. Changing. Making decisions that will shape our communities for decades. But too often, those decisions happen quietly — in meetings few attend, with language few understand, and consequences that few realize until it’s too late. That doesn’t
May 05, 2025