According to SB25’s fiscal note, East Baton Rouge’s state MFP allocation would decrease by $17.6 million, while the new St. George system is projected to receive a $20 million state allocation.

Baton Rouge Police Department gets hit the hardest with cuts by Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome's proposed budget for 2025 in wake of the incorporation of the City of St. George.

Broome's office subsequently sued organizers, arguing the new city would cripple East Baton Rouge financially, while also contending St. George would not be able operate on a balanced budget.

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome issued a letter to St. George leaders on Tuesday, Aug. 13, that urged them to finalize an incorporation date and raised questions about a tax ...

If the students enrolled at the seven public schools inside St. George left East Baton Rouge Parish schools, the system’s white enrollment would drop to 8%, according to a 2019 estimate.

Local tax dollars often make up the biggest piece of the school funding pie. And while Baton Rouge is a poor city overall, St. George isn't. Single family homes there can sell for over $1 million.

Last week in Louisiana, the state’s Supreme Court paved the way for a largely white enclave within Baton Rouge to break off and form its own city, which will be named St. George.

Baton Rouge leaders took St. George organizers to court in 2019 over the proposed city, just two weeks after 54% of voters living within the proposed city’s limits voted “yes” on the ...

They argued that St George would siphon over $48million in annual tax revenue from the city-parish government, with devastating effects for East Baton Rouge and its poorer black population.

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Sharon Weston Broome, the mayor-president leading the combined Baton Rouge and East Baton Rouge Parish governments, had sued the St. George organizers, arguing that the split would siphon more ...

Baton Rouge Mayor Pro Tem Lamont Cole will ask the state's highest court for a new hearing on the incorporation of St. George to address key missing details from the previous ruling, according to ...