Meetings

Tulane coastal geologist Torbjörn Törnqvist will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 22. He will discuss a new study on rising sea levels, the impact on coastal communities like New Orleans, coastal restoration, and planning for relocation in coming decades.

Törnqvist joined Tulane as a professor days before Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He was born in Sweden and earned a master’s degree and PhD in physical geography from Utrecht University in the Netherlands.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 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 period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

Two leaders with the East Baton Rouge Parish Recreation and Park Commission (BREC) will be the guest speakers at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 15. Interim Superintendent Janet Simmons and Interim Chief Operating Officer Maurice Velasquez will discuss the organization’s master plan, recent operational changes, the millage renewal on the June 27 ballot, and selection of the new superintendent.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 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 period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 8. Temple will give an update on the insurance marketplace, hurricane season, the fortify roof program and other legislation.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 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 period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

Louisiana Community and Technical College System President Richard Nelson will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, June 1. Nelson, who took over as president on Jan. 1, 2026, and oversees 12 community and technical colleges across the state, will give an update on the system.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 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 period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

The Press Club of Baton Rouge will not meet on Monday, May 25, because of the Memorial Day holiday. Weekly luncheon meetings will resume on June 1 at Drusilla Place Catering, located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. The guest speaker on June 1 is Richard Nelson, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System. On June 8, the speaker will be Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple.

LSU President Wade Rousse will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, May 18. Rousse, who became the 29th president of LSU in November 2025, will give an update on the LSU System.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 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 period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

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, May 11. He will discuss the pros and cons of the five constitutional amendments on the ballot for the May 16 election.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 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 period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, May 4. He will discuss the implications of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, Louisiana v. Callais, and the Voting Rights Act. Justices ruled Louisiana’s congressional district maps unconstitutional, while absentee ballots for the May 16 primary were in the mail and just three days before the start of early voting.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 p.m. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

Attorney William Most will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, April 27. He will address developments in his clients’ lawsuit challenge to the legality of a taxing district established to finance a proposed $500 million dollar arena on the LSU campus. Most is responding to a Press Club presentation touting the arena from Chris Meyer of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Jill Kidder of Visit Baton Rouge.

Press Club meets on Mondays in the ballroom at Drusilla Place Catering, which is located at the Drusilla Shopping Center at Drusilla Drive and Jefferson Hwy. Lunch, which is a sit-down meal, costs $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The speaker begins at 12:15 p.m. The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and reporters are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer period. Adjournment is at 1 p.m.

For later viewing, Louisiana Public Broadcasting provides a video of the Press Club meetings on its YouTube channel.

The Press Club of Baton Rouge will host a forum for the two candidates vying for the 1st District Louisiana Supreme Court seat on Monday, April 20, at noon. They are Billy Burris, a district court judge in Louisiana’s 22nd Judicial District, and Blair Downing Edwards, an appellate judge in the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District. Both are Republicans, which means the winner will be decided during the primary election on May 16.

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.