How does Francine compare to other hurricanes?
Here’s how Francine, as projected, would compare to some of the major hurricanes that have impacted the Lafayette area.
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Christiaan Mader
Christiaan Mader founded The Current in 2018, reviving the brand from a short-lived culture magazine he created for Lafayette publisher INDMedia. An award-winning investigative and culture journalist, Christiaan’s work as a writer and reporter has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, Offbeat, Gambit, and The Advocate.
LCG: UL is responsible for enforcing Science Museum school zone
Enforcement of a gun-free zone around Downtown’s science museum falls to university police, not the Lafayette Police Department, the Boulet administration announced Friday.
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Lafayette city, parish property tax bills may increase
Bumps for police and fire salaries, juvenile detention, the airport, the library system and more are on the table.
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Boulet aims to ‘rightsize’ LCG’s finances in proposed budget
Short on splashy projects, the budget, introduced to the councils this week, focuses instead on LCG’s financial plumbing.
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Plan for Heymann Center replacement hits reset
A new study contracted by the Heymann Commission will look at the current site, examining updates to the historic facility or new builds on that site.
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What now after Landry cut Lafayette shelter funds?
Gov. Jeff Landry’s veto of funds for Catholic Charities of Acadiana put into sharp focus the lack of emergency shelter in Lafayette and the funding needed to sustain it long term.
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Chris Stafford: A door between universes
Public mournings zeroed in on his career in Cajun music. To his family and friends, Chris was much bigger than that.
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