Column: Boulet’s first budget is sobering
Lafayette’s lived through a financial fairy land the past few years. This budgets bursts the bubble.
Himbola residents trapped in housing of last resort
Lafayette has virtually no other affordable housing available should residents be forced to leave.
Acadiana sees ‘low surge’ of COVID cases, respiratory illness
Both main hospital groups in Acadiana report an increase in cases of COVID and other respiratory illnesses.
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Later this month Lafayette Consolidated Government will host a housing workshop in Spanish, intended to arm attendees with understanding and skills to plan for eventual homeownership.
Beacon Community Connections, a nonprofit addressing social determinants of health, is working on a program to break the cycle of re-incarceration.
LCG will kick off the annual budget cycle. Council members will weigh the veto of a proposed gas station.
Short on splashy projects, the budget, introduced to the councils this week, focuses instead on LCG’s financial plumbing.
Finding ways to reduce costs but maintain key investments tops her list of priorities.
The pay plan targets severe worker shortages at Lafayette Consolidated Government. Some departments have vacancy rates 25% or more.
Taxable sales in Lafayette Parish topped $714 million in May, the strongest May on record. So far this year, total receipts hit $3.5 billion.
Community & Culture
Column: Lafayette’s golden age of food variety
Adventurous eaters rejoice! Lafayette’s buffet of restaurants has more choices than ever.
It’s all about the joy for 2024 Lafayette Pride Grand Marshal
Amid a legislative session that targeted her community, Peyton Rose Michelle embraces an upbeat attitude as grand marshal of Lafayette Pride.
Column: Will Lafayette accept Landry’s homeless shelter funding veto lying down?
Gov. Landry’s decision to veto $1 million for Catholic Charities of Acadiana to run its homeless shelter — if left unchecked — could literally kill people.
Health
Catholic Charities scrambles to fund homeless shelter after Landry cut funding
Catholic Charities of Acadiana is scrambling to fund its emergency shelter after a recent decision by Gov. Jeff Landry to cut $1M in state funds to operate it.
‘A servant at heart’: Family, community remember health advocate Jeannette Alcon
Alcon, former executive director of the Lafayette Community Health Clinic, died on Sunday. Family and friends remember her for her dedication to the community.
‘We haven’t been tested’ — Boulet proposes new emergency prep office
With hurricane season underway, Mayor-President Monique Boulet wants to update Lafayette’s emergency response plan for the first time since the 1970s.