COLUMN: Want young people to choose Lafayette? Give them what they want
Lafayette struggles to attract and retain young people despite its advantages. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Lafayette struggles to attract and retain young people despite its advantages. It doesn’t have to be this way.
The entry of Waguespack offers an alternative to GOP voters and donors who are reluctant to back Attorney General Jeff Landry because of his far-right leaning on social issues.
Source: LA Illuminator
American Rescue Plan Act funds, federal funds intended to help local governments make up for losses suffered during the COVID pandemic, will be used to buy the land.
Source: The Advocate
The purchase completes a deal that caused millions in state dollars to be withheld. Unclear still is whether the state will release the money.
The crisis’ impact on the cost of living in Louisiana threatens to add to the state’s long-standing problem with depopulation, raising questions about the long-term resilience of its communities.
They allege that Chair Robert Judge unlawfully silences and intimidates individuals he disagrees with.
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Wilson appears to be the only major Democrat who will run for governor this year. His party affiliation is one challenge in a state where no Democrat other than Gov. John Bel Edwards has won a statewide office since 2007.
Source: The Advocate
The City Council looks for answers from Guillory’s admin on hiring a new CFO, switching waste collection contracts and the mayor-president’s security detail.
The investigation could force changes to the project to blunt its impact on the Black and low-income neighborhoods that will house it.
The suit aimed to stop LCG’s clampdown on panhandling — which district and appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court have repeatedly found to be protected speech under the First Amendment.
Queen Mother Audley Moore did not believe in racial reconciliation, but racial solidarity.
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