 BY DEANNA B. NARVESON | Staff writer Seeking input: Baton Rouge officials have been asking residents what they'd want from a new prison and juvenile detention facility if one or both were to be constructed over the past few months. The meetings come as the sheriff, mayor-president and the prison's warden all increasingly take the view that East Baton Rouge Parish needs new detention facilities. Read more about the effort from City Hall reporter Patrick Sloan-Turner.
Ed Orgeron: Former LSU football coach Ed Orgeron’s divorce case will go before the Louisiana Supreme Court to determine whether his former wife is owed money from his multimillion dollar contracts and buyout with the university. Read the full story.
Mid Barataria diversion: Gov. Jeff Landry harshly criticized the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion plan in an appearance before a legislative committee last week, drawing stunned responses from those who have spent decades pushing for the diversion. The project is the state's largest effort to rebuild disappearing wetlands, but it's faced controversy from the start. Landry’s position further imperils the future of the project, which broke ground last year but has since been tied up in legal challenges. Read the full story. | 
