The gist: Republic Services’ local general manager is no longer running Lafayette operations, after the garbage contractor came under fire this summer for shoddy service and leaky trucks. For more than a decade, the Arizona-based company has been consolidated government’s trash collector, the beneficiary of a lucrative contract that’s been under intense scrutiny in recent […]
Founder Chris Stafford reminisces about keeping tradition and breaking it over his band’s 20-year career.
It’s cliché to say that there is more that unites than divides the candidates. But reflecting on some of those points of unity is important.
A symposium celebrates the creative work of women and “unpacks” how Cajun and Creole culture have traditionally approached gender.
The gist: Acadiana Mall’s new owners appealed the assessment of the Macy’s building and got a big reduction from the tax assessor, but New York-based Namdar Realty did not appeal the value placed on the mall itself — one that has remained exceptionally low over the past decade.
Years of kicking the infrastructure can down the road has finally caught up with us.
The gist: The multi-agency program created by the governor’s office in the wake of the 2016 floods has released a draft action plan outlining, in broad terms, how the state will spend a $1.2 billion grant from the federal government. A 45-day public comment period begins next week.
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