DA tax proposal on the ballot as early voting starts Saturday

BATON ROUGE — Early voting starts Saturday for the May 3 election, and East Baton Rouge Parish residents will vote on a tax proposition and renewals.East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore said there is a backlog of cases due to his office being underfunded and understaffed. He said this tax will improve office operations.“Our goal – our main goal is stop this backlog, get caught up as quickly as we can have a much swifter system of justice,” said