A day after proposing a new contract for Christel Slaughter, Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ office said she is no ...

Baton Rouge officials say nothing improper happened. But ethics attorneys say the law tells a different story about a ...

Mayor-President Sid Edwards laid off four employees from his office Monday following voters’ rejection of his three-tier tax plan over the weekend.

Sid Edwards has begun to layoff city-parish workers after Thrive tax plan failed at the polls Saturday, with up to 200 Baton ...

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards announced Monday evening that he has begun implementing parish-wide budget cuts, ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - More men and women have joined the Baton Rouge Police Department to protect neighborhoods. The 11 ...

On Monday evening, Mayor Sid Edwards announced that he had made the “difficult but necessary” decision to lay off four employees in his own office ahead of larger anticipated job cuts across ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Layoffs have started after voters rejected East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ Thrive EBR tax plan. According to Mayor Edwards, he has laid off four employees in ...

Baton Rouge faces tough budget cuts, with layoffs hitting close to home, sparking a warning for Shreveport to take charge of its finances before it's too late.

President Trump has been sending the National Guard throughout the US, with the latest deployment being to Portland, Oregon, before it was blocked by a judge. But in Louisiana, Gov. Jeff Landry is ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Mayor-President Sid Edwards proposed a 2026 budget that could cut over 400 city-parish jobs. He presented this plan to the Metro Council on Wednesday. According to ...

It's time to stop calling Sid Edwards "Coach." No matter how much he embraces the moniker, the East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President has left the sidelines behind. Now he's on the field — but it's ...