Court requires local governments to be added to DA’s lawsuit over funding, Hillar Moore says

BATON ROUGE — District Attorney Hillar Moore said that, as required by a court order, several local city governments will be added as parties to its lawsuit that seeks more funding for the East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney’s Office.

In April, the DA’s Office filed suit against the city-parish government over what Moore called inadequate funding for his office.

In a Wednesday hearing, a judge ruled that local municipalities in East Baton Rouge Parish, including Baton Rouge, Zachary, Central and St. George, must be added to the lawsuit…

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