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A group of wealthy white Baton Rouge residents have won a decades-long battle to split from the majority-black city to form their own suburb following the state's Supreme Court ruling. ....
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Officials with the incorporation of the city of St. George are holding a press conference on Monday, April 29. After the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed the smaller court’s decision on Friday, April 26, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the incorporation. The St. George Transition District announced the press […] ....
The city of St. George will be in the eastern, southern tip of East Baton Rouge Parish. Residents have been working to incorporate since 2018, and a Louisiana Supreme Court decision released on Friday, April 26, reversed a lower court's ruling and will permit the city to incorporate. ....