Federal prosecutors have charged an East Baton Rouge Parish School System employee on a felony count of conspiracy, saying she took part in a scheme to fraudulently acquire COVID funds for fake businesses.
Even as finalists Kevin George and Andrea Zayas spent nearly eight hours Monday trying to persuade community members that they are the right choice to lead the East Baton Rouge Parish school system, representatives of three employee groups issued an ultimatum.
Residents of the city of St. George will vote in December on the transfer of tens of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue from the city-parish to the new city.