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Pecue Lane interchange another step closer to happening Play Video
January 28, 2016 10:41 PMBATON ROUGE - The third and final public comment meeting for the proposed Pecue Lane and I-10 interchange attracted dozens of people Thursday night. An environmental assessment of the area has been completed and is now up for approval to move the project into the next stage. There... more »
Armed group calls meeting to talk with Oregon community
January 12, 2016 4:15 PMPORTLAND, Ore. - The armed activists occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon plan to hold a community meeting this week to explain themselves and inform residents when they'll leave. The Oregonian reports that a leader of the anti-government group told reporters on Tuesday that the meeting will be... more »
Jindal holds command group meeting to discuss possible flooding Play Video
January 8, 2016 2:57 PMBATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal held a Unified Command Group meeting with state agency leaders and emergency response officials Friday to assess current and future response efforts to flooding of the Mississippi River and Atchafalaya River. Gov.-elect John Bel Edwards and his incoming team were present at the... more »
Another Webb Park bike lane meeting set for Monday
October 5, 2015 9:24 AMBATON ROUGE- A community meeting is being held Monday to discuss a problem with the bike lanes in an upscale neighborhood. People who live around Webb Park say the lanes are too big and it's causing a shortage in available parking. Police officers have started writing tickets for cars in... more »
Planned Daughters of the Confederacy meeting protested
September 10, 2015 8:23 AMBATON ROUGE- Some LSU students are unhappy that a meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is planned this week at a campus convention center. Students say they plan a demonstration at the Lod Cook Hotel and Conference Center. The United Daughters of the Confederacy was founded in 1894... more »
DOTD offering informational meetings for I-10 Corridor Improvement Survey Play Video
August 26, 2015 9:08 AMBATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will be holding public meetings for proposed improvements to the I-10 Corridor from Essen Lane to LA 415 in Baton Rouge. The project is currently in the planning stage and the DOTD is looking for public feedback. Representatives of the project... more »
Public meetings set on I-10 traffic improvements
August 12, 2015 7:53 AMBATON ROUGE- The public will have a chance to share ideas on how to improve the traffic flow on Interstate 10 from Louisiana Highway 415 to Essen Lane in Baton Rouge through a series of community meetings that will be held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3. Each meeting will... more »
Bike sharing in Baton Rouge Play Video
July 28, 2015 10:12 AMBATON ROUGE- Hundreds of cities across the country have started using "Bike Share" to get around. On Tuesday, the Baton Rouge Environmental Protection Agency is advising city groups on how the system could work in Baton Rouge. The program offers a variety of benefits, such as: less emissions, ease... more »
Constable calls meeting about misdemanor jail "a waste of time"
July 22, 2015 6:42 PMBATON ROUGE- Tonight, Constable Reginald Brown is sounding off after a meeting about opening the city's misdemeanor jail ended with no results. The meeting was held on June 11 with top law enforcement brass and Baton Rouge City Leaders. Days after that meeting, Clerk of Court Lon Norris sent... more »
Obama heads to Pentagon for meetings on Islamic State
July 6, 2015 11:02 AMWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is making a rare visit to the Pentagon today to get an update from military leaders on the campaign against the Islamic State. Obama's meetings follow a wave of weekend airstrikes by the U.S.-led coalition in eastern Syria. The coalition says it was one... more »
Gus Young Pool meeting
June 18, 2015 8:04 AMBATON ROUGE- A Baton Rouge neighborhood is voicing concerns about the closing of a historic community landmark. Council woman C. Denise Marcelle is inviting people to join the fight to save the Gus Young pool. The pool was once a hot-spot for people in its low-income neighborhood, but the... more »
City leaders address concerns about Jones Creek Road construction Play Video
May 28, 2015 7:30 PMBATON ROUGE - City leaders say construction crews will be taking over Jones Creek road in about four months as efforts to improve the quality of roadways in the area reach full force. The project will be expanded from Coursey Blvd all the way to Tiger Bend Road as... more »
EBR officials crack down on truancy
May 18, 2015 7:54 PMBATON ROUGE - The Family and Youth Service Center held mandatory meetings on Monday after 121 parents and guardians were arrested last week for not properly keeping their kids in school this year. Last week, a truancy round-up was conducted in East Baton Rouge Parish with the help of... more »
Public Service Commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday
May 13, 2015 9:17 AMBATON ROUGE- The Public Service Commission will meet this morning to look for answers on why thousands of people were left in the dark during the storms two weeks ago. More than 30,000 people in Baton Rouge were without electricity 12 hours after the storms hit. Weather experts... more »
Tricks - not miracles - on order as Globetrotters meet pope
May 6, 2015 12:04 PMVATICAN CITY - Pope Francis pulled off some trick moves in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday. He had great instructors: The Harlem Globetrotters. The basketball troupe met with the pope during his weekly general audience. They presented a framed No. 90 jersey backed with "Pope Francis," and encouraged him to... more »
Baker cracks down on blight Play Video
April 24, 2015 6:52 PMBAKER - The city of Baker is cracking down on blight. Officials went over a list of five properties that were recommended to the council for condemnation at last week's council meeting. One property is on Buchanan St., and the other four are on Chamberlain St. "There's a... more »
Large, new development brings infrastructure concerns
April 6, 2015 10:30 PMGONZALES - Contractors are ready to break ground on a new development in Gonzales, but people who live nearby are worried about the traffic and flooding impact it will have on the area. Southern Lifestyle Development, best-known for River Ranch in Lafayette, is set to start construction this summer... more »
Livingston Parish votes to move forward with road projects Play Video
March 17, 2015 10:26 PMLIVINGSTON - The parish council approved a road overlay project list Tuesday night after more than a year of arguments and delays. Dozens of roads in the parish need major repairs. A special meeting was called over concerns about whether or not the road list followed state law. ... more »
Legislative hearings open on Jindal's budget proposal
March 17, 2015 3:51 AMBATON ROUGE - The House budget committee is starting its hearings on Gov. Bobby Jindal's $24.6 billion spending plan recommended for next year. Lawmakers are looking for ways to close a $1.6 billion budget gap in the fiscal year that begins July 1 and avoid deep cuts to colleges and... more »
FDA sets meeting to review endoscope infection problems
March 12, 2015 10:26 AMWASHINGTON - Federal health officials will meet in May to review problems with the design and cleaning of specialized medical instruments at the center of at least two recent "superbug" outbreaks. The Food and Drug Administration has set a two-day meeting for mid-May to gather expert opinion on improving the... more »
Obama-Netanyahu relations never promised happily-ever-after
March 2, 2015 2:18 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - This was never happily-ever-after waiting to happen. When President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office early in 2009, there were plenty of reasons to expect their relationship would be difficult. The cerebral president and the brash prime minister have stark differences in personality,... more »
Officials meet to discuss improvements to Pecue Lane at I-10 Play Video
February 25, 2015 7:15 AMBATON ROUGE - Easing traffic in Baton Rouge is always a hot topic, and the Green Light Project is trying to make progress forward. On Wednesday, plans are being discussed to deal with a roadway that's getting busier by the day: Pecue Lane at I-10. There are several ideas... more »
New US Pentagon chief convenes unusual counter-ISIS meeting
February 23, 2015 2:58 AMCAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is convening an unusual conference in Kuwait of top American military, diplomatic and intelligence experts on the administration's strategy for countering the violence and spreading influence of the Islamic State militant group. Carter summoned several three-star and four-star generals, including Army... more »
Hospital leaders meet to discuss ER closure
February 18, 2015 6:45 AMBATON ROUGE - There will be a meeting of the minds Wednesday morning to discuss the planned closing of the emergency room at Baton Rouge General Mid City. It's scheduled to shutdown within 45 days. The CEO's of the four Baton Rouge area hospitals that provide ER care: BRG,... more »
Get a first look at designs to revitalize the lakes
January 29, 2015 9:09 AMBATON ROUGE - Several meetings have been held over the past couple months for designers of improvements for the Baton Rouge and LSU Lakes to get public input. You can get a first look at the initial master plan tonight. Designers have combined some of the ideas from the... more »
2 from Yemen charged in US with conspiracy to kill Americans
January 20, 2015 10:06 AMNEW YORK - Two al-Qaida members from Yemen befriended an American recruit and helped him join the terrorist group, clearing the way for the New York native to hatch a plot against the Long Island Rail Road, prosecutors said Tuesday. Saddiq Al-Abbadi and Ali Alvi were detained in Saudi Arabia... more »
Obama to meet privately with Senate Democrats on strategy
January 15, 2015 2:58 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama is joining Senate Democrats during a private strategy retreat. The president's appearance before the senators at a Baltimore hotel Thursday afternoon is closed to reporters. The meeting comes as the party grapples with its new status in the Senate minority after losing seats in... more »
Baker looking for other ways to keep finances afloat Play Video
January 14, 2015 5:26 PMBAKER - City officials in Baker will have a special meeting this week to discuss ways to solve the city's money problems. Councilwoman Joyce Burgess called for what she said will be a "brainstorming" meeting after the council turned down a water rate increase. The council voted 4-1 to... more »
Obama sits down with leaders of new GOP-run Congress
January 13, 2015 3:11 AMWASHINGTON, D.C. - The guest list hasn't changed, but President Barack Obama faces a different type of crowd when he meets with congressional leaders on Tuesday. Obama's sit-down with House and Senate leaders is his first since the new, fully Republican-run Congress was seated last week. Senate Democratic leader Harry... more »
Grassroots effort hopes to save Redemptorist Play Video
January 2, 2015 3:08 PMBATON ROUGE - Parents and business owners connected to Redemptorist High School met Friday to begin work on a plan that would keep the Catholic school open. The group organized on social media and said they would put a plan together to show the diocese by Jan. 8. The... more »
Parents frustrated after Redemptorist meeting Play Video
December 23, 2014 10:27 AMBATON ROUGE - Parents and students said they were frustrated after a meeting Tuesday morning with the Diocese of Baton Rouge over the future of Redemptorist High and Junior High. The parents said they found no comfort in their discussion with Bishop Robert Muench, who announced last Friday that... more »
Obama, Putin circle each other warily in China
November 11, 2014 1:59 AMBEIJING, China - On the surface, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are all niceties - a pat on the back here, a pleasantry there. But away from the cameras, the two leaders are circling each other warily at a global summit in China. That's where Obama and... more »
Meeting to save the lakes tonight Play Video
November 6, 2014 8:08 AMBATON ROUGE - The Baton Rouge Area Foundation is moving forward with their quest to save the lakes. Designers and engineers will present their ideas for public input tonight. The foundation believes the lakes are key to the growth of Baton Rouge. We've been trying for decades to... more »
Ferguson reforms met with rancor at city meeting Play Video
September 10, 2014 2:05 AMFERGUSON, MO - Elected leaders in the St. Louis suburb where an unarmed black 18-year-old was fatally shot by a white police officer hoped to use their first public meeting since Michael Brown's death to promote community healing. Instead, they were greeted Tuesday night with anger, outrage and warnings of... more »
Sewer rates to drop for W. Feliciana residents Play Video
August 14, 2014 5:25 PMST. FRANCISVILLE - A sewage fee is raising a major stink in West Feliciana, and a change could be coming soon. The current sewage system in the parish requires people to pay a $2,400 hookup fee to turn on new service to a location. That's leading some residents to... more »
Lafourche to discuss vicious dog ordinance
August 12, 2014 5:19 AMTHIBODAUX - Lafourche Parish Council will discuss an amendment to its vicious and dangerous dog ordinance at its Tuesday night meeting. The ordinance changes the definition of what makes an animal dangerous or vicious and alters registration and breeding restrictions for those animals. Councilman John Arnold, the author of the... more »
LSP retirement board to discuss pension hike
August 8, 2014 12:27 PMBATON ROUGE - The Louisiana State Police Retirement System Board of Trustees announced a public meeting to discuss the findings of a report by attorneys on the controversial passage of a pension hike for certain retirees. The system board's response comes after political maneuvering to create a state law... more »
BAEO, lawmakers host Town Hall Meetings on Common Core Play Video
July 30, 2014 7:33 AMBATON ROUGE - With all of the disputes, lawsuits and news surrounding Common Core in Louisiana, it can be difficult to keep up with why the education standards are so controversial. The Louisiana Black Alliance for Educational Options wants to change that. BAEO is teaming up with Rep. Patricia... more »
Solution to flooding cemetery where people rebury the dead Play Video
July 29, 2014 10:14 PMBELLE ROSE - A plan to fix a flooding issue that plagued a town's cemetery is underway. Parish leaders have acted on an idea to divert rising water to other areas. The move will protect Rosehill Baptist Cemetery. The cemetery flooded so badly on May 28, some families... more »
BESE special meeting planned over Common Core
July 28, 2014 11:08 AMBATON ROUGE - The state school board announced they would hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss recently filed lawsuits affecting the Common Core education standards. The Board of Secondary and Elementary Education scheduled the meeting for 11 a.m. at the Claiborne Building. The agenda included consideration of... more »
Still no plan to fill Gustav money hole Play Video
July 24, 2014 10:24 PMLIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish Council voted against hearing from a lawyer who claimed to have an idea about how to deal with a $59 million issue related to storm cleanup. Plans were supposed to be addressed Thursday night about steps going forward since arbitrators in Washington, D.C. sided... more »
Obama heads to Texas with no plans to visit border Play Video
July 9, 2014 5:15 AMTEXAS - The humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is increasingly becoming a political liability for President Barack Obama, giving Republicans a fresh opportunity to question his administration's competence and complicating the debate over the nation's fractured immigration laws. Still, Obama is resisting calls to visit the border during his... more »
Future of Baton Rouge lakes discussed today Play Video
June 30, 2014 7:14 AMBATON ROUGE - The future of Baton Rouge's lakes could be decided today. Four teams competing to create a master plan began pitching their ideas at 9:00 a.m. this morning at the Manship Theatre. Each group had an hour to present their plan. Each team, led by a... more »
Gardere Initiative meets to discuss crime, blight Play Video
June 26, 2014 10:28 PMBATON ROUGE - A panel of city leaders listened and engaged with an audience of concerned residents about crime and other problems in south Baton Rouge. Their main concern is crime in the Gardere Area off Burbank Drive. The town hall meeting was about the Gardere Initiative, a group... more »
BESE sets special meeting to discuss Common Core
June 25, 2014 4:07 PMBATON ROUGE - Louisiana's top school board is holding a special meeting next week to talk about Gov. Bobby Jindal's attempt to derail the Common Core education standards in public schools. The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education set a Tuesday meeting to discuss "possible next steps." BESE President Chas... more »
Webb Park Civic Association draws big crowd Play Video
June 17, 2014 9:15 PMBATON ROUGE - The Webb Park Civic Association held its first meeting Tuesday evening and it attracted a large crowd, about 100 residents met to talk about their future. The gathering also included people from Steele Place, Glenmore Place, Walnut Hills, Country Club and Westdale subdivisions. In all, there... more »
EBR School Board considers Taylor's contract
June 16, 2014 6:31 AMBATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board plans to determine Superintendent Bernard Taylor's future with the district during its Thursday meeting. Taylor, who started in 2012, has almost completed two years of a three-year contract, which expires in June 2015. The board is considering whether to: extend... more »
Parish plans to solve cemetery flood problem Play Video
June 10, 2014 11:05 PMBELLE ROSE - At a town hall meeting Tuesday night, Assumption Parish leaders presented a plan to fix a town's flooding problem. Rosehill Baptist Cemetery flooded so badly on May 28, families of those buried there had to put sandbags on the crypts to keep them from raising and... more »
New Orleans metro area officials to talk hurricane
May 30, 2014 3:08 AMNEW ORLEANS - Officials from around the New Orleans metro area will gather to talk about the hurricane season that begins Sunday. They'll be talking Friday about hurricane preparedness and public safety, coordination among state and local organizations and agencies, and about the levee systems. They include the district commander... more »
Plans to reduce EBR school board members gets delayed Play Video
May 29, 2014 6:46 PMBATON ROUGE- A special meeting for East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is cancelled because members did not show up. EBR School Board only had five members present for a special meeting to introduce plans for reapportionment of the districts. This is after a committee gave them the green... more »
Abuse victims' leader: Pope's meeting a 'gesture'
May 27, 2014 2:12 AMA plan by Pope Francis to meet with a group of sex abuse victims is being criticized by the head of a victims' group as "another gesture" that could prove meaningless. The meeting, announced on Monday, will mark the first such encounter for the pope, who's been criticized by victims... more »
Council looks for solutions after shooting Play Video
April 2, 2014 6:14 PMBAKER - City leaders called on the community to come together after a triple murder in Baker. The murders prompted the city council to call a special meeting to look for solutions in stopping violence. Council President Joyce Burges called last weekend's shooting a wake-up call for the... more »
Ousted mayor's chair empty at Port Allen council meeting
December 4, 2013 10:02 PMPORT ALLEN - The city council met for the first time without ousted mayor Deedy Slaughter Wednesday night. It was a committee meeting of the council and was held to discuss upcoming council items. But, leaders made a point to address concerns with the situation in city government. ... more »
Livingston legislation to end power struggle
December 2, 2013 7:48 PMLIVINGSTON PARISH - Leaders will meet tomorrow night in Livingston for their first Home Rule Charter meeting. The goal of the Charter Commission is to keep friction out of government and terminate disagreements about powers and duties of those elected. The panel includes three Parish Council members, six members... more »
Sorrento meeting provides more sparks than solutions Play Video
November 16, 2013 1:24 PMSORRENTO - Sparks flew in Sorrento Saturday morning at a special meeting to decide on the future of the town's police department. Sorrento currently has only one quote on the table to provide insurance for the police department and an offer from the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office to step... more »
Sparks fly at special meeting in Sorrento
November 16, 2013 12:32 PMSORRENTO - Sparks flew in Sorrento Saturday morning at a special meeting to decide the future of the Sorrento Police Department. Council members tabled discussions until Nov. 19 -- the same day the police department's current liability insurance ends. The town currently has one insurance quote on the... more »
Obama to seek opening with GOP leaders on shutdown
October 10, 2013 8:21 AMWASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is hosting top House Republicans Thursday to seek an opening in an impasse that has shuttered much of the government and threatens a catastrophic federal default. The White House meeting comes as House GOP leaders are contemplating advancing a short-term debt limit increase designed... more »
Livingston road meeting takes bumpy turn Play Video
August 27, 2013 10:55 PMLIVINGSTON- A discussion among parish council members about repairing roads in Livingston Parish took a bumpy turn Tuesday night. Leaders became upset with each other over setting up requirements for engineers who will do work under the parish road plan. They also argued over who should hire engineers for... more »
Google and NFL meet; Sunday Ticket up for grabs?
August 21, 2013 1:59 PMPORTLAND, Ore. - Google has been holding talks with the National Football League, raising speculation that the internet monolith is seeking new inroads into television. Other tech companies like Apple are reportedly in talks with cable companies to boost access to television through their devices. With Google sitting on a... more »
Oil & gas suit likely topic at flood board meeting
August 15, 2013 10:26 AMNEW ORLEANS - Supporters of a southeast Louisiana flood control board's lawsuit against oil and gas companies greeted the board with enthusiastic applause as its monthly meeting was gaveled to order. More than a dozen stood and applauded at Thursday's opening of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, which oversees... more »
School board president charged with felony hit and run returns to board Play Video
July 18, 2013 10:27 PMLIVINGSTON - The Livingston Parish School Board President is back at the helm after his arrest for felony hit and run. Malcolm Sibley's been off the grid since the crash on June 15th where Cody Lasagi, 21, died. Thursday night, Sibley attended his first school board meeting since... more »
People denounce plans for new landfill
July 15, 2013 10:36 PMBATON ROUGE- People had a stern message for state environmental leaders who will make the final decision about a landfill in the northern area of the parish. A small crowd gathered Monday night for a meeting about the facility planned for Brooklawn Drive, about two miles west of Scenic... more »
Meeting tonight over landfill permit application Play Video
July 15, 2013 11:18 AMBATON ROUGE - Two Metro Council members scheduled a community meeting Monday night to provide information about a company applying for a landfill permit in East Baton Rouge Parish. Trae Welch and Chauna Banks-Daniel scheduled the meeting to discuss the application by Louisiana Land Acquisitions, a company which has... more »
City leaders try to move forward after Port Allen ruling
July 3, 2013 10:53 AMPORT ALLEN - Both Mayor Deedy Slaughter and the three City Council members who sued her over several actions she's taken since assuming office claimed wins after a judge's decision late last night. Judge Alvin Batiste ruled the council did not properly reduce the mayor's salary from $84,960 to... more »
Dueling agendas for Port Allen meeting tonight
June 26, 2013 10:57 AMPORT ALLEN - A special council meeting is scheduled tonight for Port Allen City Council to talk about Mayor Deedy Slaughter's proposed budget. However, there are questions about whose agenda they'll be following. Two agendas were posted in City Hall yesterday: one produced by the council, the other by... more »
School board president involved in deadly hit-and-run skips meeting
June 20, 2013 10:09 PMLIVINGSTON - The school board president, arrested for leaving the scene of a crash where a man died in St. Helena Parish, missed his first public appearance since the incident. Malcolm Sibley was not present for Thursday's meeting where the board approved next year's budget. Sibley is charged... more »
East Baton Rouge school board to tackle budget
June 19, 2013 10:26 AMBATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board is scheduled Thursday to approve its annual operating budget, but board members remain divided on some of Superintendent Bernard Taylor's proposed spending and cutting plans. The School Board is debating a proposed $426.6 million budget that includes $6.2 million worth... more »
Southern GOP leaders meeting in Alabama
June 18, 2013 10:32 AMBIRMINGHAM - Republican leaders from 10 Southern states are meeting in Alabama to plan strategies for making new GOP inroads across the region. Alabama Republican Chairman Bill Armistead says the two-day meeting of state party chairs and executive directors concludes Tuesday in Birmingham. Party leaders hope to retain all their... more »
Ascension Parish to discuss road maintenance
June 11, 2013 10:31 AMGONZALES- The Ascension Parish Transportation Committee will meet this evening to discuss road projects. A list of proposed roads that need maintenance is expected to be introduced to the committee. The committee is also expected to discuss current work project statuses. News 2 will have more on... more »
Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban
May 22, 2013 1:00 PMGRAPEVINE, Texas - The Boy Scouts of America has started its meeting in which members of its national council are to decide whether to change the group's long-standing ban on openly gay boys. BSA is holding its annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas, near its suburban Dallas headquarters. About 1,400 voting... more »
Community meeting tonight over sinkhole tour
May 1, 2013 6:38 PMBAYOU CORNE - A community meeting with members of the governor's blue ribbon commission for the Assumption Parish sinkhole is going on now. The commission has been in Bayou Corne for the past few days examining the sinkhole site. The group was formed to ensure the long-term safety of... more »
Federal judge postpones police reform meeting
April 30, 2013 10:50 AMNEW ORLEANS - A federal judge granted a request from city and Department of Justice officials to postpone a New Orleans Police Department consent decree monitor selection committee meeting. Tuesday's meeting was the deadline for the committee to indicate whether they had agreed on which firm should oversee the implementation... more »
First meeting today for sinkhole safety commission
April 5, 2013 10:56 AMBATON ROUGE - Members of a new blue ribbon commission scheduled their first meeting today to examine public safety at the Bayou Corne sinkhole. Louisiana Department of Natural Resources Secretary Stephen Chustz said today's meeting would focus on getting the new members of the commission familiar with the sinkhole... more »
Hearing to be Held on Saggy Pants Ban
March 26, 2013 11:11 AMHOUMA - Terrebonne residents can comment April 10 before the Parish Council takes a final vote on a proposal to impose fines for anyone caught wearing pants that sag below the waist in public. The Courier reports the council voted 8-1 Monday night to advance the proposed ordinance. The ordinance,... more »
Gov. Jindal to visit Bayou Corne community
March 19, 2013 10:27 AMBAYOU CORNE - Governor Bobby Jindal scheduled a meeting today with families and officials in the Bayou Corne community, which has been battling the effects of a large sinkhole. Buyouts began this week for property owners evacuated or affeted by the sinkhole, which is on land owned by Texas... more »
Special crime meeting called for Thursday in Baton Rouge
February 28, 2013 3:37 PMBATON ROUGE- A community meeting has been called to talk about crime and the police department. Councilwoman Tara Wicker announced the meeting Thursday afternoon. The meeting will be held Thursday evening at the Dr. Leo S. Butler Community Center on East Washington Street. "The community is invited to... more »
Residents speak out against heated police jury meeting Play Video
February 27, 2013 6:32 PMNEW ROADS - People are still still buzziing about Tuesday night's Pointe Coupee Parish Police Jury meeting. What began as a discussion about an employee's work schedule turned into a battle of name-calling. The issue is over a worker who's not even employed with the parish anymore. Juror... more »
Superdome officials to meet today
February 27, 2013 8:00 AMNEW ORLEANS - The panel that oversees the Superdome will hold its first regular meeting since the now infamous power outage that delayed the Super Bowl earlier this month. The Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District board will meet this afternoon at the facility. Entergy Corp. has said it believes the... more »
Packed house for Senate sinkhole meeting
February 19, 2013 10:27 AMBATON ROUGE - Spectators packed the Senate committee room at the state capitol this morning ahead of a scheduled committee meeting to discuss developments at the Assumption Parish sinkhole. The state Senate's Natural Resources Committee scheduled two meetings, one today and another later in Assumption Parish, to get more... more »
Soul searching in focus as GOP gathers in NC
January 23, 2013 4:01 PMCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Republican soul searching begins in earnest this week as GOP officials from across the nation come together for the first time since their party's November shellacking. There is broad agreement that the Republican Party needs to undergo fundamental changes to remain competitive. But there is no clear... more »
WBR school board to discuss security tonight
January 14, 2013 10:53 AMPORT ALLEN - School administrators in West Baton Rouge will meet with law enforcement tonight to discuss school security in the parish. Tonight's committee meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the school board office in Port Allen. The committee will primarily decide if the topic warrants further... more »


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Originally posted by lewman
it would be funny if they just landed one at jfk airport and claimed there navigation systems went down, i could see china doing that kind of thing just for fun like with the submarine.
Originally posted by tommyjo
reply to post by GogoVicMorrow
Even the artist admits the above image is CGI. It was created based on what the artist thinks the design will actually look like. Note that the serial on the CGI image reads 2012. The serial on the actual aircraft is 2001.
Nobody in the Defence Media is using that image, because they know it it CGI because they monitor the Chinese forums. Many of the Chinese forums have CGI threads. Unfortunately lots of the CGI images are ripped off, with the tag edited out and reposted as real all over the web.
Originally posted by tommyjo
According to the Chinese forums it was all systems go for the test flight yesterday. They noted that the chase aircraft Aircrew were lining up around their aircraft. A J-10 and K-8 were noted as being the chase aircraft.
The weather forecast for yesterday was visibility down to 2 miles with haze/fog/smog. You can see poor visibility from the images on the 7th. Chinese enthusiasts also noted that a J-11 fighter (Su-27 Flanker) was up to keep the airspace clear during the airspace closure.
Originally posted by Daedalus3
(2)This aircraft has already flown in secret. Again this is not entirely improbable, and an indication of this would also be released footage of first flight within a fortnight. I would in fact lean toward this scenario more than (1) above, if indeed we see a first flight in the coming days.


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Over the next six weeks, while Woods is rehabbing and football is going through the preseason motions, the world is Phelps'. If all goes as planned, beginning here this weekend at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, Phelps' broad-chinned mug will be the face of the Beijing Games in August. He'll dominate TV coverage, grace every magazine cover and pitch products like a mainstream sports superstar.
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The pursuit begins Sunday at the trials. It could end in Beijing with enough hardware to curve his spine: a record eight gold medals (at least) in a single Games, and a record 14 golds (at least) in his impossibly accomplished career.
This is the launching pad for an ambitious bid to test the outer limits of a swimmer's ability, versatility, toughness and focus.
"I think it is going to be hard, but I think it's going to be fun," Phelps said. "I've been looking forward to this for four years. All I have to do is get my cap and goggles and go race. That's all I can ask."
He's asking a lot. In a sport in which specialists focus their mind and body on a couple of events, Phelps is the generalist who excels at everything. He's so well-rounded that it wouldn't be a shock to see him show up on the synchronized swim team, too.
"He could swim any event," U.S. women's star Natalie Coughlin said. "It's like watching any other athlete, like Tiger Woods. It's like, 'Oh my God. He's so good.'"
That all-around excellence will keep Phelps in the Qwest Center pool constantly between now and July 6. There are other story lines at play here -- the space-age Speedo LZR Racer swimsuits that could help set a slew of world records; the bids by a handful of women veterans to make yet another Olympic team -- but there is no confusion about who is the star of the show.
Michael Phelps.
"He is the A-lister for our sport in this country," breaststroker Brendan Hansen said.
And the rest of the world, too.
The leading man will go through an exhausting regimen of preliminaries in the morning and finals at night, taking on more rested rivals. And then he'll recharge and repeat it in China.
He'll race more times than anyone else at these trials, and presumably again in August. Phelps had entered nine events here, but dropped out of the 400 Saturday -- an event serving as a safety net in case something goes awry elsewhere in his program.
Without surrendering any details, coach Bob Bowman acknowledged that the events Phelps swam in his otherworldly performance at the 2007 World Championships made up "a pretty good program." That consisted of the 100- and 200-meter freestyles, the 100 and 200 butterflies, and the 200 and 400 individual medleys. If he qualifies in all six of those and adds three relays in Beijing, we could be talking nine golds and officially saying goodbye to the 36-year-old legacy of Mark Spitz.
Spitz recently was asked what it would mean for Phelps to win seven gold medals.
"Second man on the moon," he said.
What if he wins eight?
"First man on Mars."
Phelps has had his telescopic sights set on Mars and then some since Athens. Four years ago, at age 19, his bid to outdo Spitz came up just short -- he finished with six golds and two bronzes. That was still good enough to tie Soviet Union gymnast Alexandr Dityatin for the most medals won by an athlete in a single Olympics -- but it was just a little short of perfection.
Then he went absolutely ballistic at the 2007 world championships in Melbourne, Australia, winning seven gold medals and setting four individual world records. If a relay hadn't been disqualified, he would have added an eighth gold. Phelps simply dwarfed the rest of the swimming world.
After that, all things seemed possible.
"Phelps is amazing," said Ryan Lochte, who will try to knock off the king in as many as four events. "To swim next to him in the same pool and on the same team, it's an honor."
The driven young man who keeps a list of his goals on his nightstand at home in Ann Arbor, Mich., has relocated them to his laptop for this meet. Phelps won't say exactly what's on his list, but it's clearly changed as he's grown older and gotten better.
"If you asked me five years ago whether I'd be sitting where I am, I'd say, 'Not a chance,'" Phelps said. "It's a dream come true."
The dream is still unfolding for Michael Phelps. If it continues to play out to perfection, we'll see him standing on the top step of the medals podium again and again this summer, on his way to taking over from Tiger Woods as the King of All Athletes.
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Just twelve months ago, as we turned the corner from 2013 to 2014, it looked like some of the derivatives reform upheaval was starting to subside – at least in the U.S. Final SEF rules had been passed; swaps were being made-available-to-trade; we survived the government shut-down. By most accounts, things were transitioning in an orderly fashion in the U.S. and Europe looked like it was going to be the center of the action.
In fact, as we wrote in the January 15, 2014 edition of the DerivAlert newsletter: "It feels like déjà vu all over again as the headlines about European derivatives reform start to pile up on both sides of the Atlantic. Just as we saw last year in the U.S., as each new rule implementation deadline draws closer, the fever pitch of industry concerns grows louder."
We were partly right. European derivatives reform did intensify over the course of 2014. But so did the ongoing scrutiny of U.S. reforms, with the jury still out on what the final impact of the transition to SEF trading of derivatives will be on the industry.
But what were the absolute biggest stories of the year? To find out, we dug into the analytics to find out which posts were the most viewed over the course of 2014.
Here they are in descending order, as chosen by you, the DerivAlert reader, our top ten news stories of 2014:
10) Packaged Swaps Get SEF Go-Ahead
By Mike KentzPublished May 3, 2014, IFR
Multi-legged swap transactions are set to make the move to swap execution facilities after the CFTC confirmed a set of phase-in dates. The decision finally removes a major industry bugbear, as the delayed migration of packages towards mandatory SEF trading was seen to be hampering volumes on the new regulated platforms.
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9) Wall Street Gets Three-Month Delay on Interest-Rate Swap Mandate
By Silla Brush Published February 10, 2014, Bloomberg
U.S. banks and other financial firms won a three-month delay for as much as half of the interest-rate swap market to meet a federal requirement to trade on platforms designed to increase competition and transparency.
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8) Thousands of Derivatives Users Not Ready for EMIR Reporting
By Fiona Maxwell Published February 4, 2014, Risk
With just over a week left on the clock, regulators are said to be worried the market is not ready for the start of mandatory trade reporting under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (Emir). According to some estimates, a little over 8% of the region's derivatives users have so far registered for the preliminary legal entity identifier (LEI) that will allow them to report their over-the-counter and listed trades.
7) Time for a Change in Derivatives Trading
By Anish PuaarPublished April 21, 2014, Financial News
The clock has finally started ticking down to one of the most substantial changes ever seen in the European market for over-the-counter derivatives, a significant part of the global market worth €692 trillion at the end of June 2013, according to the Bank for International Settlements.
6) SEF Execution of Package Trades to be Postponed
By Peter MadiganPublished November 6, 2014, Risk
CFTC chairman confirms no-action relief extension due to lack of market readiness.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is to postpone the migration of the most complex package transactions into swap execution facility (SEF) trading after recognizing that US swap market participants are not prepared to execute them on the trading venues.
5) CFTC Said Ready to Push Interest-Rate Swaps to Trading Platforms
By Silla BrushPublished January 9, 2014, Bloomberg
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is poised to push interest-rate and credit swaps onto trading platforms designed to make prices more transparent and competitive.
4) Many Firms Will Not Meet EMIR Reporting Deadline, Says ISDA's Pickel
By Tom OsbornPublished January 27, 2014, Risk
Many market participants will not be able to comply with new European derivatives reporting requirements when they take effect next month, and will have to rely on regulatory forbearance, according to Bob Pickel, chief executive of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, who was speaking at a legal conference today in the Netherlands.
3) SEF Trading Volumes Emerging from Summer Doldrums
By Ivy SchmerkenPublished September 18, 2014, Wall Street & Technology
Despite the summer doldrums of SEF trading in interest rate swaps, activity in early September is showing signs of a rebound as traders conduct more of their business on the electronic venues. Tradeweb Markets announced Wednesday that average daily volume on its TW SEF for trading of interest rate swaps increased 20-fold to more than $20 billion in the first two weeks of September, over the first two weeks of trading on SEFs in October 2013.
2) Make or Break Time for SEFs
By Mike KentzPublished May 17, 2014, IFR
Two swap execution facilities have parted ways with their CEOs in the last two weeks in what market participants believe could trigger attrition across the 24 registered platforms. Consolidation has been predicted since the beginning of SEF discussions, but in a surprise turn it could be occurring just as volumes are set to receive a boost.
1) SEF Merger Talk Grows Stronger
By Mike KentzPublished June 14, 2014, IFR
The saturated U.S. market for over-the-counter swap execution is on the cusp of the first wave of consolidation, just four months on from the first mandated execution of standardized derivatives on newly created swap execution facilities.
There was no shortage of big news from the derivatives market this year. In the month of October alone, the deadline for trading derivatives electronically on SEFs was met while the federal government implementing these regulations was shut down. Across the Atlantic, another group of regulators was lobbying for a delay in those rules, citing potential cross-border issues.
Meanwhile, CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler, who announced that he will step down at the end of the year, held firm to his agency's game plan. And so, the new era of SEF-based OTC derivatives trading was born, as mandated by Dodd-Frank.
Amidst all of the upheaval of the past year – the passed rules and agency guidance, the extended deadlines, uncertainty around extraterritoriality and the gridlock in Washington – which stories grabbed the most attention among DerivAlert readers? To find out, we dug into the analytics to find out which posts were the most viewed over the course of 2013.
Here they are, chosen by you, the DerivAlert reader:
10) EMIR Flaws Could See Futures Reporting Delayed Till 2015By Tom OsbornPublished July 29, 2013, Risk
The European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has confirmed it is considering pushing back its trade reporting deadline for exchange-traded derivatives until as late as January 2015, in order to give firms more time to adapt the reporting framework to futures and options products.
Within weeks, fixed-income market participants will be able to trade a new, exchange-traded version of the over-the-counter interest rate swap, with eight tenors, standard coupons and quarterly maturity dates like those used in the futures market. Some of those involved in the work see it as a way of defending the OTC market against the threat posed by swap futures.
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8) Uh Oh: The Attempt to Regulate Swaps is FailingBy John CarneyPublished April 6, 2013, CNBC
It's hardly surprising to hear that some of the largest derivatives brokerages are looking to set up futures exchanges. A huge portion of the traditional business these brokers did is in the process of migrating out of swaps and into futures.
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7) US in Compromise on Derivatives Trade RulesBy Michael Mackenzie and Gregory MeyerPublished May 16, 2013, Financial Times
Commissioners on the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission voted 4 to 1 to pass long-awaited derivatives trading rules on Thursday that preserve voice-based transactions in conjunction with electronic platforms.
6) SEF Rules Hit Non-US Cross-Border TradingBy David WiganPublished October 31, 2013, Euromoney
The requirement from October 2 for swap dealers and regular users of derivatives to transact swaps on Commodity Futures Trading Commission-mandated swap execution facilities (SEFs) was the last piece in the puzzle for US derivatives market regulation, after mandatory reporting and clearing came in earlier this year.
5) Swaps Clearing Rules Divide MarketBy Philip StaffordPublished August 21, 2013, Financial Times
An obscure part of the Dodd-Frank Act has become the unwitting battleground among market infrastructure operators as they seek to meet rules tightening derivatives trading.
4) SEF Execution Agreement Requirement Angers Buy-SideBy Peter MadiganPublished September 24, 2013, Risk
Buy-side firms are refusing to sign participation agreements with some newly registered US swap execution facilities (Sefs), because of a controversial requirement that commits end-users to negotiate bilateral trade breakage agreements with any counterparty they transact with on the trading venues, Risk has learned.
3) Traders Take Their Swaps Deals to Futures ExchangesBy Matthew PhilipsPublished January 24, 2013, Bloomberg Businessweek
On Friday, Oct. 15, a rule designed to improve government oversight of the multitrillion-dollar market for derivatives took effect. The following Monday, many energy traders moved their swaps business to a futures exchange. After the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission put two years into building its regulatory framework for swaps, a slice of the market simply sidestepped it.
2) CFTC to Shake Up Swaps Trading MarketBy Michael Mackenzie, Gina Chon, and Philip StaffordPublished November 17, 2013, Financial Times
New guidance from the main US regulator of privately negotiated derivatives is set to test the business models of interdealer brokers, who have long played a crucial intermediary role between global banks.
1) High Drama at the CFTC: The Battle Over Swaps and FuturesBy Matthew PhilipsPublished February 1, 2013, Bloomberg Businessweek
Hearings at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission aren't exactly known for their riveting entertainment value. Nor for their mass-market appeal. Yet on Thursday, it was standing-room-only at the CFTC headquarters in Washington as the commission held a roundtable discussion about the recent migration of swaps trading into the futures market.
Three Wall Street Trade Associations Sue US RegulatorBy Katy BurnePublished December 4, 2013, Wall Street Journal
Three Wall Street trade groups are suing a top U.S. regulator alleging procedural violations at the agency, in the latest effort by large banks to fight new rules that they contend will unfairly crimp their trading business.
Wetjen Said to Face Vote as Acting CFTC Head Replacing GenslerBy Silla BrushPublished December 13, 2013, Bloomberg
Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Mark P. Wetjen is poised to be voted acting chairman of the top U.S. derivatives regulator within days, according to two people with knowledge of the process.
SEF MAT Submissions: Reality CheckBy Radi KhasawnehPublished November 1, 2013, Tabb Forum
Implementing the Made Available to Trade rule will transform the swap market. But based on early SEF submissions to the CFTC, the industry needs clarity on which swaps will qualify.
Standardization Needed in SEF Reporting ConventionsBy Michael WattPublished October 25, 2013, Risk
One of the core principles behind swap execution facilities (Sefs) – the new breed of trading platforms that opened for business under the US Dodd-Frank Act on October 2 – was to create greater transparency in the swaps market. In the words of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Sefs must "make public timely information on price, trading volume, and other trading data on swaps to the extent prescribed by the commission".
EMIR Reporting Questions Pile Up for CorporatesBy Fiona MawellPublished October 3, 2013, Risk
Amid fundamental questions about the timing and scope of Europe's new derivatives reporting rules, corporates are weighing whether to delegate the work to their dealers. But some large companies are not keen – and many banks are sitting on the fence. Fiona Maxwell reports
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CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler traveled to Brussels the week September 27 to discuss various rules that will affect the OTC derivatives markets on both sides of the pond with European Commissioner Michel Barnier. After their meeting, the two released a joint statement solidifying the transatlantic intent to cooperate closely in strengthening the global financial system.
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The 400-page transcript of the roundtable discussions from September 14th is available here.
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If baby is preterm do we base milestones off actual birth age or when they should have been?
I had my baby 3 weeks early. I feel like she isn't tracking objects and looking past me. I was told her eyes are actually only 4 weeks old, not 7 so I need to be patient. Do I base her development off the actual gestational age or how many weeks she actually is?
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3 weeks 'early' is 37 weeks gestation which is full-term, not pre-term. Unless you mean that your child was born at 34 weeks gestation, she isn't a preemie. That being said, there is a range for every child to do any developmental milestone. Be patient and if the child doesn't complete a milestone AFTER the range of normal, then be a little concerned and just ask your pediatrician on a regular visit. Otherwise, just enjoy your child and try not to get caught up in what others are doing. Everyone is different.posted 10/08/2011 by VicNICURN
My Baby is 10 days and sleep all day is any problem , also avery time we give milk is throung backposted 04/17/2010 by Riola
My baby was the same way. She was 2 weeks early though. But she is and will catch up. It will take some time. But I would go by the weeks that she is.posted 02/17/2009 by a BabyCenter Member
i think premature children are tracked by gestational age.posted 01/25/2011 by luvme827
My son was also born 3 weeks early, and for the first few months he was the same, like looking past me, and not responding to my voice etc now he´s 7 months and doing really well, he´s above everage in everything. so don´t worry it takes time.. hope this helps.posted 12/18/2010 by clairemccusker21
Our daughter was born 8 weeks early. While she was still in the hospital, she was already picking up her head and moving it side to side! We were so impressed that she was so advanced for being so early. She is now almost 6 months old, and still hasn't rolled over yet. She's getting so close, and I can see the frustration in her. (She tends to try several times, then throws her legs down hard.) Does anyone know if there is a way to "help" her learn how to roll over?posted 10/19/2007 by sap88
My son was born at 25 weeks 6 days gestation. He is still being monitored at night with an apnea monitor. He is now almost 8 months and is doing things that a 5 month old should be doing. Plus he is doing something that an 8 month old baby do.posted 08/31/2010 by a BabyCenter Member
I have a preemie as well- 33 weeks. According to our doctors, we go by her original due date for milestones, not her actual birth date. Hope this helps.posted 10/22/2007 by enkmom
although you should keep her prematurity in mind when reading about milestones, my pediatrician said they do not adjust for prematurity when they are looking at her progress. Their reasoning was just that all kids are different and it's easier to just keep them all on one chart, rather than have a preemie chart too. My daughter was six weeks early, and didn't do much but sleep and eat until she was six weeks old, or passed her original due date. There was some obvious signs of her prematurity when she was younger, but she caught up very quickly, and at her 9 month checkup, the docs said I didn't need to even think about it when evaluating her. She, like all babies, premature or not, is above-average with many milestones, average in some and "behind" in others. She is 16 months old now and doing great!!!posted 08/18/2008 by colo1278
I had a true "preemie" as well - 31 weeks (3 lbs 4 oz), and, while some little things have been on his gestational age schedule (height was one), he's been developing pretty near the schedule for his actual birth. At 2 (29 months), he's right on track for his birth age. I've just tried not to freak out about things & wait until something struck me as really not right to be concerned.posted 01/20/2010 by LeahKS97
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