Choose the best public projects for In Design 2023
Cast your vote for the best public projects in Lafayette. Three readers picks will be honored at the The Current In Design Awards.
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Month: February 2023
The head and the heart
In racial reconciliation, what is demanded of us is an ability to feel, acknowledge and process the emotions that arise in tandem with the recounting of history.
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The definitions of sexually explicit materials and sexual conduct contained in the library board’s proposed policy changes are exactly the same as those used in sample legislation included in the “Protecting Innocence Report” released recently by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a candidate for governor.
Source: The Advocate
What do you love about Lafayette… besides food and music?
There’s plenty to love in Lafayette. Tell us what you love the most.
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Council Preview: City Council revisits short-term rentals
A solution on short-term rentals has been difficult to come by. The issue is on the agenda this week, while the City Council punts (again) on public records.
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The Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Civil Rights, in a Jan. 18 letter, notified Lafayette resident Ann Burruss that her complaint of racial discrimination has been accepted for investigation.
Source: The Advocate
Louisiana was one of 21 states where AP and Stanford amassed sufficient data. Its 19,000-plus missing kids represent 2.4% of the state’s school-age population of nearly 800,000 children, the highest percentage among the 21 states measured.
Source: The Advocate
Boulet has led the Acadiana Planning Commission for the last seven years. She is the daughter of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Also in the race, current Mayor-President Josh Guillory and attorney Jan Swift. All three candidates are running as Republicans.
Source: The Advocate
Police chief stifles info on Guillory’s security team
Lafayette’s new police chief has moved to gag further reporting about Guillory’s security detail, claiming it jeopardizes the PD’s strategies and tactics and endangers lives.
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King cakes we love in 2023
Traditional and radical. Brioche or sourdough. Donuts or not-donuts. Here are king cakes readers say are the Bavarian cream of the crop.
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History is our witness
Race remains the central issue and pivotal point of transformation for an entire American society. History is our witness that race might never be a bridge that unites us.
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Attorney general, legislators call for restricting minors’ access to library materials
His “Protecting Innocence” report includes excerpts from several books Landry singled out after a months-long investigation into public libraries.
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