The Lafayette Housing Authority, once a hotbed for local political scandal, has largely slipped under the radar in recent efforts to address the need for affordable housing locally.
Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet is looking to shake up the parish’s emergency preparedness office.
Amendments to decades-old laws that inform citizens about government activity could redefine local news around the state and have a big impact on Lafayette.
A year after settling a lawsuit over panhandling restrictions, Lafayette police may again target panhandlers under a new state law.
Lafayette’s City Council will talk about local panhandling and consider giving up on $1.5 million from the state for the Vermilion River spoil banks removal.
Louisiana will gain a second majority-Black district for the 2024 election map, after the Supreme Court intervened. North Lafayette will have a new representative.
Choosing between roundabouts and traffic signals has polarized stakeholders with opposing visions of improving conditions along Lafayette’s deadly Evangeline Thruway corridor.
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below: Parish Council Executive Sessions Garcia v. LCG. The Parish Council will meet behind closed doors to discuss a lawsuit stemming from a 2021 car crash with […]
Auditors painted an ugly picture of LUS Fiber and dug deeper into problems found under former M-P Josh Guillory’s administration in LCG’s annual audit.
Lafayette’s City and Parish councils will hear an update on improvements at the Heymann Center Tuesday while the City Council will vote on its first bond issue in years.
Paul Breaux Middle School will no longer host LPSS’s gifted and immersion programs. But what happens to the zoned students the decision leaves behind?
Lafayette’s councils will look at funding for a debris drop off center Tuesday while the City Council mulls $49 million in new debt.
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