LSU VP for agriculture will speak at Press Club on April 4

Bill Richardson, LSU vice president for agriculture and dean of the College of Agriculture, will be the speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, April 4. Richardson will discuss the Louisiana agricultural economy and the role the LSU AgCenter plays in expanding and sustaining agriculture through research, extension and teaching. Press Club meets on Mondays at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St., in the East and West Baton Rouge Room. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $13 for members and $17 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.


Caroline Fayard will speak at Press Club on March 28

New Orleans lawyer Caroline Fayard, one of the lead plaintiff attorneys in the BP oil spill case and a candidate for the U.S. Senate race, will be the speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, March 28. Press Club meets on Mondays at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St., in the East and West Baton Rouge Room. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $13 for members and $17 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.


LSU pollster will speak at Press Club on March 21

Michael Henderson, director of the LSU Public Policy Research Lab, will be the speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, March 21. Henderson will provide an analysis of public opinion polls taken by LSU and discuss polling in general in the presidential campaign. Press Club meets on Mondays at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. This week the Press Club will be in the East and West Baton Rouge Room. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $13 for members and $17 for nonmembers. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.


Baton Rouge Press Club will not meet March 14, will resume March 21

The Press Club of Baton Rouge will not meet on Monday, March 14. That’s the first day of the regular session of the Louisiana Legislature. Meetings will resume on March 21. Press Club meets on Mondays at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St.