If it passes, the plan calls for 171 delegates, made up of 144 state lawmakers and 27 other people Landry would select, to run the constitution-writing process.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
If it passes, the plan calls for 171 delegates, made up of 144 state lawmakers and 27 other people Landry would select, to run the constitution-writing process.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
LUS is making a $400 million bet on a new natural gas plant in Lafayette, following a national trend that is cutting reliance on coal.
The super park idea has been scaled back to include only four tournament-quality baseball and softball fields, new LED lighting, a new concession building, new bleachers, canopies and new batting cages.
Source: The Advocate
Studies have shown that doulas — non-medical professionals who support women during pregnancy —improve maternal health outcomes, but so far, they have been out of reach for many. Now, that’s changing.
Operators will need to apply for permits by April 1. A ban in single family neighborhoods takes effect in October.
Lack of jail space was by far identified as having the biggest influence on crime rates in the last five years, with 98%, 230 of those surveyed, saying it had a large influence and only 11 saying it had moderate to no influence.
Source: The Advocate
A long-shot bid to use private funds for a new jail is effectively dead, as a new M-P finds fault with her predecessor’s plan to pay for the deal.
Lafayette Parish is growing faster than the national average, becoming more diverse and producing more jobs. We should tap into that strength, whatever its sources.
Should he keep his job, State Public Defender Rémy Starns suggested he might cut the pay of some of the lawyers who oversee Louisiana’s 37 local public defender districts. Those offices handle cases for approximately 145,000 people, or 88% of all criminal defendants in the state.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
The university and [Lafayette Parish School System] are partnering in a “first-of-its kind” initiative that would allow UL students to receive a $1,000 monthly stipend while completing their 10-month residency program, UL announced Monday. The program starts at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year.
Source: The Advocate
The bill would replace the private school vouchers that Louisiana offers low-income families with “education scholarship accounts,” or ESAs, available to all parents regardless of financial need.
Source: The Advocate
It’s nearly impossible to hear Brother Dege’s final record, Aurora, as anything but a farewell and benediction.
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