Meetings

Wendy Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish assessor, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 17. She will talk about Constitutional Amendment 5, which will be on the Nov. 8 ballot. This amendment would remove the required increase in taxing millages, creating greater accountability in property tax adjustments. Thibodeaux serves on the board of directors for the Louisiana Assessor’s Association and on the Assessor’s Legislative Affairs Committee.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Rene Sanchez, new editor of the Advocate, the Times-Picayune and nola.com, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 10. He will talk about print and digital delivery of the news and how they affect democracy. A native of Louisiana, Sanchez was formerly the editor of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

State Rep. Richard Nelson, R-Mandeville, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 3. He will talk about his push to eliminate the state income tax and other changes he would like to see made to tax policy.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 26. He will talk about school choice and expanding access for families.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Aaron Clark-Rizzio, the executive director for the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 19. He will talk about the ongoing issues in the Louisiana Office for Juvenile Justice and, specifically, the plan to move incarcerated youth to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Clark-Rizzio’s organization provides legal representation to underage people in the juvenile justice system, including those who could be moved to Angola.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 12. She will discuss the summer of hope initiative and the overall efforts to combat crime in the city and parish.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

The Press Club of Baton Rouge will not meet on Monday, Sept. 5, because of the Labor Day holiday. Weekly luncheon meetings will resume on Sept. 12 at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant. At that meeting the price of lunch for nonmembers will increase from $25 to $30.

On Aug. 29, the 17th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina coming ashore, the speaker for the Press Club of Baton Rouge luncheon meeting will be LSU geology professor and climatologist Jill Trepanier.

Trepanier is certified to fly into the middle of a hurricane and trained with the United States Marine Corps. At LSU she teaches classes on geography, meteorology, hurricane climatology and tropical atmospheres. Her research focuses on predicting the location hurricanes will make landfall, when they will make landfall and the severity of the storm at that point.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

State Sen. Jeremy Stine from Lake Charles will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Aug. 22. Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Southern University political scientist Albert Samuels will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Aug. 15. Samuels, who is the chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography, will discuss the outlook for the midterm elections.

The speaker for Aug. 22 will be State Sen. Jeremy Stine from Lake Charles. The following week on Aug. 29, the 17^th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina coming ashore, the speaker will be LSU geology professor and climatologist Jill Trepanier.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at the Drusilla Seafood Restaurant, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal served at 12:15 p.m., is $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and news reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.