‘We need help’ police say about deteriorating public safety in Lafayette neighborhood
Neighbors say they need help handling a rise in people living on the street. Top Lafayette police brass say they do, too.
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Month: June 2023
‘Queer people are here, and they’re Cajun’
While Downtown Lafayette embraces Pride, many queer people elsewhere in Acadiana struggle to find connection and representation.
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Percussion group offers hands-on lessons in life and music
Pucci Percussions teaches kids more than how to play musical instruments. It incorporates history and heritage into lessons, and provides tools for personal growth and professional success.
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Column: Lafayette’s got an infrastructure hangover coming
With unprecedented funding has come unprecedented spending. But there’s no such thing as a one-time capital project, because there are always ongoing maintenance costs.
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Along with our dew points flirting with the 80° mark our heat indices will rise into the 112-118° range, which is a range we rarely visit for just a few days in any given summer…and this year it’s been a slew of days.
Source: KATC
Following a pivotal decision on a redistricting case in Alabama, the court lifted its stay this week on a similar challenge of Louisiana’s new congressional maps filed by voting rights groups. It sends the matter back to courts in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Trosclair will leave her role of four years to become principal at Eunice High School and to oversee other Eunice-area schools for the St. Landry Parish school district.
To fight food deserts, Lafayette invests in corner stores
A new initiative will partner with nearly three dozen corner stores to provide forgivable loans for produce and prepared meal equipment and a dollar-to-dollar match for customers.
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The legislation, known as NFIP-RE Act of 2023, would limit price increases to a 9% hike, down from an 18% hike. It would also help out low- and moderate-income homeowners and renters struggling to afford flood insurance, and forgive interest payments on the debt that FEMA has accumulated because flood insurance revenues have been nowhere near enough to pay for damages incurred.
Source: The Advocate
Louisiana health department could be out $700 million; here’s what’s on the chopping block
The cuts would affect not just tens of thousands of patients, but also hundreds of health care providers. Some may have no choice but to find jobs elsewhere, health officials said.
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Downtown Lafayette needs another sewer fix
Two years after a local agency stepped in to fund necessary sewer capacity upgrades in Downtown Lafayette, another fix is needed and a new plan is in the works.
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Council Preview: Lafayette in line for five EV chargers
LUS is set to get an $83,000 grant for five new electric car chargers under auto giant Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal settlement.
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