NOLA.com

Faimon Roberts: Sid Edwards' library plan is a bad idea. But it's an important conversation.

East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards' proposal to take dedicated library funding is bold, politically clever and the wrong move for East Baton Rouge Parish. Some of the news was likely lost in ...
NOLA.com

Faimon Roberts: Sid Edwards changes his library proposal. It didn't make it better.

Sid Edwards' library proposal keeps morphing. In a news release Tuesday, Edwards rebranded his proposal as "Revive EBR," a plan that would rededicate the library's revenue stream for mental health and ...
The Advocate

Mayor Sid Edwards finds compromise with library: 'Today is a huge win for Baton Rouge'

Baton Rouge's mayor said Tuesday he was scaling back his plan to shift some money that currently funds East Baton Rouge Parish libraries to pay for other priorities, saying it was a compromise with ...
WAFB

Edwards staff can’t sell mayor’s library tax plan at town hall

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Members of East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ administration received some pushback during a town hall meeting. The meeting was hosted by ...