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COLUMN: Guillory is leading LUS Fiber on a path to insolvency
LUS Fiber is budgeted to spend millions on expansions and make a discretionary payment into the city general fund for the first time ever. Fiber can’t afford to do that.
The Current and The Acadiana Advocate sue to block LCG digital records fees
The suit alleges “egregious and intentional” abuse of the state’s Public Records Law and seeks to hold Guillory personally liable for attorneys’ fees, costs and damages.
Council Preview: Library voting rights grant; $118 million in bonds
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
Paywalled: Records requests cost hundreds each under new LCG policy
The Current was billed more than $900 for a pair of requests filed last month. According to LCG’s new policy, not yet published, the invoice must be paid before digital copies of the documents are turned over.
After fentanyl killed their children, these mothers took action
As opioid and fentanyl-related deaths rise in Acadiana, these mothers are reframing their children’s deaths to bring awareness, promote safety and seek justice for those affected by substance abuse.
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But the two most expensive parts of that project — major detention ponds near Homewood Drive and off Duhon Road expected to total more than $50 million — can’t be paid for with federal funds because LCG’s process for hiring a contractor to build them was not competitive enough to comply with federal law.
Source: The Advertiser
The set of standards — best known as the “well control rule” — was implemented by the Obama administration in 2016 in response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, which killed 11 people and released more than 3 million barrels of crude oil.
Source: The Advocate
Homeowners protected by Louisiana’s safety-net insurance company could face a 63% cost increase in 2023, escalating the state’s growing property insurance crisis.
Source: The Advertiser
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