Meetings

East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Kip Holden will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, July 25.

Holden will discuss the $748,454,619 capital improvements bond package he hopes to ask voters to approve this fall.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Garret Graves, Governor Bobby Jindal’s executive assistant for coastal activities and chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, July 18.

Graves will discuss the challenge of preserving our coast, marshlands, barrier islands and fisheries in the face of coastal erosion, hurricanes, oil spills, floods, man-made levees, rising sea levels, land subsidence, and global climate change.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Sean Duffy, executive vice president and maritime advocate for the Mississippi River Maritime Association, will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, July 11.

Duffy will discuss his association’s efforts to try and persuade the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to spend some $95 million to further dredge the mouth of the Mississippi River.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Buddy Leach, chairman of the state Democratic Party, will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, June 27.

Leach will discuss his party’s future in Louisiana and provide his forecast for Democratic challengers to GOP incumbents seeking election to six statewide offices on Oct. 22.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Bob Turner, Union Pacific’s senior vice president of corporate relations, will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, June 20.

Turner will discuss how the railroad industry gives our nation a competitive edge and how it can provide solutions to transportation issues facing the country today.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Charlie Davis, president and CEO of the Republican Leadership Conference, will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, June 13.

Davis will discuss a major GOP gathering this month in New Orleans, the party’s decision to hold an early presidential caucus in Louisiana in 2012 and Gov Jindal’s re-election quest.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

State Climatologist Barry Keim will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, June 6.

Keim will discuss the upcoming hurricane season, which began June 1.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

The Baton Rouge Press Club will not meet Monday, May 30 because of the Memorial Day holiday.

The Press Club will meet again on Monday, June 6, when State Climatologist Barry Keim will discuss the upcoming hurricane season.

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 non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

Louisiana Assembly on School-Based Health Care Board of Director Ryan Pasternak and Sue Catchings, past president of National Assembly on School-Based Health Care,will speak to the Baton Rouge Press club at noon Monday, May 23.

Pasternak and Catchings will discuss what services are provided to children, how they are funded, and how the proposed state budget cuts would impact the services.

Press Club meetings are at noon on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. and is $12 for members and $15 for non-members.

The public is invited but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.

State Representative John LaBruzzo will speak to the Baton Rouge Press Club at noon Monday, May 16.

LaBruzzo will discuss a bill he has authored that would make drug testing mandatory for at least 20 percent of welfare recipients.

Press Club meets on Mondays at De La Ronde Hall, which is located at 320 Third St. in downtown Baton Rouge.

Lunch is served at 11:30 a.m. and is $12 for members and $15 for non-members.

The public is invited, but only members of the Press Club and members of the news media are allowed to ask questions during the question-and-answer portion of the program.