Council Preview: $1 million for Heymann Park; service contracts with Youngsville and Broussard
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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The Current Staff
Take control of Lafayette’s budget in four easy steps
Engaging in this budget-making process can be daunting. It doesn’t have to be.
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7/19/22 Council Preview: Budget season kickoff; M-P offers plan for new jail; $250K for a skate park; $1M for new shelter
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Council Preview: More Bayou Vermilion Flood Control; $500K for a drainage plan; City Council’s drainage questions
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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How should LCG spend your money?
LCG’s budget is a vision statement and an action plan. What matters then, is what we believe our priorities should be. What are yours?
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6/7 Council Preview: City Council to probe contract on spoil banks project; new council maps
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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Here’s a map of Lafayette drainage projects
Moving at a breakneck pace, LCG has dozens of drainage projects in the works. It’s an immense capital program by local government standards, racking up a bill worth well over $100 million. We mapped them.
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Lafayette, don’t miss these artists during Festival International 2022
Festival International 2022 has a dizzying array of international and local talent. The Current’s readers, friends and staff have some pics to help you choose.
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3/22/22 Council Preview: $2 million for disputed Bayou Vermilion Flood Control; LCG eyes two more quick takes
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.
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Council Preview: Food trucks rules, $2.4 million for the Heymann Center, consolidation committee extension
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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TIMELINE: Lafayette’s police chief turnover
Change has been the only constant for the top job at the Lafayette Police Department. Here’s a timeline of LPD’s revolving door.
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1/18 Council Preview: Local redistricting process begins; $1M for golf carts; higher littering penalties; and new regs for scooter companies
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
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