The definitions of sexually explicit materials and sexual conduct contained in the library board’s proposed policy changes are exactly the same as those used in sample legislation included in the “Protecting Innocence Report” released recently by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a candidate for governor.
Source: The Advocate
The Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Civil Rights, in a Jan. 18 letter, notified Lafayette resident Ann Burruss that her complaint of racial discrimination has been accepted for investigation.
Source: The Advocate
Louisiana was one of 21 states where AP and Stanford amassed sufficient data. Its 19,000-plus missing kids represent 2.4% of the state’s school-age population of nearly 800,000 children, the highest percentage among the 21 states measured.
Source: The Advocate
Boulet has led the Acadiana Planning Commission for the last seven years. She is the daughter of former Gov. Kathleen Blanco. Also in the race, current Mayor-President Josh Guillory and attorney Jan Swift. All three candidates are running as Republicans.
Source: The Advocate
The commissioner said the entry of new insurers into Louisiana will benefit not just Citizens customers, who by law must pay premiums 10% higher than the market average, but also homeowners throughout the state.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
The ordinances require businesses that “sell, dispense or deliver” alcoholic beverages for consumption on their premises to close at midnight Mardi Gras Day instead of 2 a.m. on Ash Wednesday.
Source: The Advocate
Several lawmakers who voted for the bill spoke on the floor to express their frustration with the fund, which many have described as a Band-Aid on a large wound.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Unemployment in the Lafayette metro area ticked up .4 points in 2022. The region also saw the sharpest decline in labor force in the state, shedding 1,700 workers.
All of Louisiana’s nine metro areas’ unemployment rates increased from November to December 2022 as well, with the state seeing its rate increase for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: The Advertiser
Louisiana continues to rank as the unhealthiest state in the nation every year and actually got worse from 2021 to 2022. One of the key drivers is poverty.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Between 1958 and 2012, according to the 2014 National Climate Assessment, the amount of rain falling in the biggest storms grew by 37 percent in the Midwest, 27 percent in the South, and 71 percent in the Northeast. Do last century’s weather records still hold water? Some researchers have concluded they don’t.
Source: Slate
The Ernest J. Gaines Black Heritage Stamp, is now available at US Postal Service stores and, may be purchased online.
Source: KATC
Gov. John Bel Edwards called legislators into a special session to address Louisiana’s worsening insurance crisis. Top officials say thousands could lose homes without a fix.
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