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Council Preview: Heymann Center update and bond issue vote
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below: Parish Agenda City Agenda (Public Comment...
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UL students, faculty criticize handling of student’s suicide
Editor’s Note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK...
View Article🔗 Thousands of food-stamp recipients may face stricter work requirements
Proposed legislation would bar the state Department of Children and Family Services from requesting waivers for work requirements attached to federal food aid. Source: The Lens View on thecurrentla.com
View Article🔗 Lafayette library’s new mission statement removes diversity
The change was spearheaded by board member Robert Judge who, at his second meeting in 2021, failed to convince the board to change the mission statement by removing recreation and cultural enrichment....
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COLUMN: Lafayette isn’t Abbeville or Austin, it’s a Big Town
“Some people want Lafayette to be a big Abbeville. Others want it to be the next Austin.” That’s what lobbyist and local political guru Tyron Picard said to me years ago, explaining why it can be...
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A program to keep Lafayette kids out of jail is in the works — here’s what it...
Johnathon Palacios wanted to build a bond with his teenage son, something he felt he missed as a young father. He wasn’t around much when 15-year-old Joh’von was a child, and he tried to make up for...
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Lafayette PD suspends mental health initiative
The Lafayette Police Department has suspended its recently launched initiative to send specially trained officers to mental health-related calls. Police officials cited a lack of staff to man regular...
View Article🔗 Lafayette’s legal team is working to clear 150 lawsuits
Most of the pending lawsuits are in state court in the 15th Judicial district. Several challenge land use disagreements over platting and zoning. City-Parish Attorney Pat Ottinger said he does not...
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Boulet aims to finish costly flood project to recoup state money
The Boulet administration still can’t say the Guillory administration’s signature drainage project will protect a single home from flooding, but with millions in unreimbursed expenses on the line, it...
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‘It’s what made us’: Paul Breaux has long been the center of Lafayette’s...
The first time Patricia Cravins stepped onto Paul Breaux’s campus was in 1955, for her brother’s high school graduation. Over the next 43 years, its halls would become a fixture in her life. As a...
View Article🔗 Constitutional convention bill advances despite time crunch, clarity concerns
Its sponsor, Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, brushed off concerns from colleagues who question the Legislature’s ability to proceed with their ongoing lawmaking session and simultaneously handle...
View Article🔗 Festival International 2024: Where to park, what to bring
But before you head to get your festival on, here’s a few things you should know about what to pack, where to park and more. Source: The Advocate View on thecurrentla.com
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