Cindy Rougeou, executive director of the Louisiana State Employees’ Retirement System, and Legislative Auditor Daryl Purpera, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Nov. 4. They will be discussing the costs of the state retirement system, its funding level, its investment performance and the impact of recent state employee layoffs on the system’s health. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

F. King Alexander, LSU president, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 28. Alexander will discuss the outlook for LSU and future challenges. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

Rebecca Hamilton, state librarian, and Bob Mann, LSU journalism professor and author, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 21. They will be discussing the upcoming Louisiana Book Festival in downtown Baton Rouge on Nov. 2. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

Former Congressman Charles Melancon, D-Napoleonville, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 14. Melancon will discuss the federal government shutdown and his concerns about the partisan atmosphere on Capitol Hill. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

Scott Richard, executive director of the Louisiana School Boards Association, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Oct. 7. Richard will discuss Common Core and other educational issues from the perspective of Louisiana school boards. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

Ronald Mason, president of the Southern University System, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 30. Mason will discuss transforming the Southern University System from good to a model 21st century system of higher learning. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

Jim Donelon, Louisiana Department of Insurance Commissioner, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 23. Donelon will discuss health care reform and flood insurance. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

Bernard Taylor, superintendent of the East Baton Rouge Parish Public System, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 16. Taylor will discuss the future of the school system, focusing on the district’s strategic plan. Press Club meets on Mondays in the Iberville Room at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, which is located at 102 France St. Parking is free in the garage off Mayflower Street. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.

Starting Monday, Sept. 16, the Baton Rouge Press Club will change location for its Monday meetings from the De La Ronde Hall downtown to the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel, also downtown, at 102 France St.

The speaker for the Sept. 16 meeting is Bernard Taylor, superintendent of the East Baton Rouge School System, who will discuss improvements made in school scores.

Meeting times will stay the same. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., will remain at $12 for members and $15 for nonmembers. Parking, which is free, is in the garage at the end of the Atrium on Mayflower St.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and the news media are allowed to ask questions of the speakers.

Tim Barfield, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Revenue, will be speaking to the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Sept. 9. Barfield will discuss tax amnesty, which is part of the state budget balancing plan. Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch, which is served at 11:30 a.m., is $12 for members and $15 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.