Meetings

Barry Erwin, president and CEO of the Council for a Better Louisiana (CABL), and Adam Knapp, CEO of the Committee of 100 for Economic Development (C100), will be the guest speakers at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Feb. 10. They will discuss the merger of their two organizations.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, 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 $25 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.

Jan Moller, executive director of Invest in Louisiana, formerly Louisiana Budget Project, will be the speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Feb. 3. Moller will discuss Louisiana’s fiscal future, the November special session on taxes, the upcoming constitutional amendment (#2), and the federal threats to the state budget.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, 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 $25 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.

C.A. “Buck” Vandersteen, executive director of the Louisiana Forestry Association, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Jan. 27. He will talk about carbon capture and forestry.

Press Club meets on Mondays at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Speakers begin at 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1 p.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.

LSU Professor Andrew Schwarz, with the Stephenson Department of Entrepreneurship and Information Systems in the E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Jan. 13. He will talk about the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in business and education.

Press Club meets on Mondays at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Speakers begin at 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1 p.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 District Attorney Hillar Moore will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Jan. 6. He will talk about last year’s crime rate and the change in administration and its possible effects on police work.

Press Club meets on Mondays at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Speakers begin at 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1 p.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.

Brad Brandt, director of the aviation division of the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Dec. 16. Brandt will speak about the aviation activity in the state and recent legislation that is funding the aviation industry at its highest level ever, allowing the state to take advantage of a federal 20-to-1 match program.

This meeting will be the last for 2024. Press Club weekly meetings will resume on Jan. 6, 2025. Press Club meets on Mondays at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Speakers begin at 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1 p.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.

Tommy Faucheux, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Dec. 9. Faucheux will be giving insight on what the industry foresees with the incoming Trump administration’s pledge to increase oil production and drilling.

Press Club meets on Mondays at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Speakers begin at 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1 p.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.

Steven Procopio, president of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR), will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Dec. 2. He will explain the four constitutional amendments on the Dec. 7 ballot.

Press Club meets on Mondays at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Speakers begin at 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1 p.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, a Democrat seeking her third term, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Nov. 25. She will outline her plans for the city-parish if reelected on Dec. 7. Her opponent for the post, Republican Sid Edwards, a newcomer to politics, turned down an invitation to appear with Broome. The runoff election is Dec. 7, with early voting Nov. 22-27 and Nov. 30.

Press Club meets on Mondays at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Speakers begin at 12:15 p.m. The meeting adjourns at 1 p.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 host a candidate forum for the East Baton Rouge mayor-president office on Monday, Nov. 25, at noon. Both incumbent mayor-president Sharon Weston Broome, a Democrat, who is seeking her third term, and her opponent Republican Sid Edwards, a newcomer to politics, have been invited, and so far, Broome has confirmed. The runoff election is Dec. 7, with early voting Nov. 22-27 and Nov. 30.

The forum will be from noon to 1 p.m. at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. 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. Lunch is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers.