East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council News

After a $5 million proposed settlement fell through, officials in a Louisiana parish are now offering $4.5 million to settle the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Alton Sterling, a Black man who was killed in 2016 by police …

An audit report on the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council shows there was more than $100,000 in thefts and damage to the city in 2014, mostly from employees. The audit, released by the Legislative Auditor’s Office, revealed Department of …