A bill to speed up East Baton Rouge blight cases advances, headed to Senate floor

BATON ROUGE - One of Mayor-President Sid Edwards’ campaign trail promises was tackling blight in East Baton Rouge Parish, and Thursday, city and state officials collaborated on a bill that could speed up blight clean-up. State Sen. Rick Edmonds said since 2016, East Baton Rouge Parish has received 64,000 calls for blight.“That's almost 19 calls a day for the last 3,400 days to address blight in neighborhoods,” Edmonds said.Blight is handled differently in