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Locals count Thruway deaths while officials wait on I-49
There’s no plan to improve the Evangeline Thruway before the I-49 Connector is finished. Advocates say the cost of waiting is human life.
There’s no plan to improve the Evangeline Thruway before the I-49 Connector is finished. Advocates say the cost of waiting is human life.
A seldom-used LPD dignitary protection unit has become M-P Josh Guillory’s full-time security. Council members have asked an audit firm to probe the arrangement.
Young folks don’t necessarily want to leave Lafayette. But they say it feels impossible to stay.
Traffic, local government and the weather are near the top of Geoff Daily’s Thanksgiving list.
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Lafayette schools got improved marks on their 2022 report card. None of the district’s schools regressed by letter grade since 2019.
It’s a strategy advocates say could be duplicated across the country to help erase a multibillion-dollar problem.
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