Meetings

Two key lawmakers will preview the upcoming session of the Louisiana Legislature for the Baton Rouge Press Club on Monday, April 7. House Appropriations Chair Jack McFarland will preview items in the proposed budget and House Ways and Means Chair Julie Emerson will talk about the administration’s priority bills. The session opens Monday, April 14.

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 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. 

Brian Dubreil, a representative of Friends of City Park, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, March 31. He will speak in opposition to proposed changes to City Park Golf Course, which is a 9-hole public course built in 1928 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and discuss expanding the vision in and around City Park and the LSU Lakes.

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 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. 

State Sen. Mike Reese, co-chair of the Louisiana Water Sector Commission, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, March 24. He will discuss the work of the commission in allocating funds for repairs, improvements and consolidation of community water and sewer systems in the state.

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 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.

Phillip May, president and CEO of Entergy Louisiana, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, March 17. He will discuss a variety of topics including the role Entergy plays in the economic development of Louisiana, how the company is partnering with the tech industry to drive growth, their grid resilience plan and commitments the company is making for the state over the next decade.

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 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.

Two leaders from Louisiana Families for Vaccines will be the guest speakers at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, March 10. Dr. Mikki Smith Bouquet, a pediatrician at Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health, and Jennifer Herricks, founder of Louisiana Families for Vaccines and advocacy director for the SAFE Communities Coalition will discuss “The Threat of Antivaccine Misinformation and What We Can Do About It.”

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 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.

Paul Sawyer, executive director of the Amite River Basin Commission, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, March 3. March is Flood Awareness Month, and Sawyer will speak on the status of major flood control projects in the capital region, including the Comite River Diversion Canal, and the newly reconstituted Amite River Basin Commission and its master plan that is in the final stages before being delivered to the Louisiana Legislature in April.

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 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.

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, Feb. 24. He will speak about Amendment 2 on the March 29 ballot. This amendment is a condensation of a 115-page bill passed by the Louisiana Legislature during the November 2024 special session that rewrites the section of the state constitution that governs taxes and spending.

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 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.

Mary Stein, assistant director at the East Baton Rouge Parish Library system, will be the guest speaker at the Press Club of Baton Rouge on Monday, Feb. 17. Stein will discuss how the libraries are funded and the role the libraries play in improving the quality of life in the parish.

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.

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.