Appointed to the board in August of 2020, Landon Boudreaux’s term began Dec. 1, 2020, and expires Nov. 30, 2025. The Parish Council will accept resumes and appoint a replacement to fill his unexpired term on the non-paying board.
Source: The Advocate
The library board instead voted Monday to table action until its Aug. 15 meeting.
Source: The Advocate
Lafayette Mayor President Josh Guillory said he won’t take a leave of absence during his 21-day in-patient treatment.
Source: The Daily Advertiser
Over the past two years, hurricane-related damage in Louisiana has caused some insurance companies to go out of business. Homeowners are coping with higher insurance costs.
Source: NPR
A Lafayette Parish library branch manager who has spoken against censorship at board meetings may be in jeopardy of losing her job.
Cara Chance has been one of few library employees to speak out against efforts to ban books and restrict book displays in the public library system.
Source: The Advocate
Acadiana is seeing roughly 300 new cases each day over the past two weeks. The highly contagious BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are driving the uptick.
It’s a far cry from January, when about 1,500 new cases were reported per day at the peak of the omicron surge. It’s also not as high as the delta surge last September, when about 440 cases per day were reported.
Source: The Advocate
Nineteenth Judicial District Judge Don Johnson ruled Thursday in favor of abortion providers who sued the state, arguing the state’s laws banning abortions at all points in pregnancy are too vague.
He granted a preliminary injunction blocking the ban. The decision marks a win for abortion rights advocates, who have fought to keep abortion clinics open through the legal challenge.
Source: The Advocate
Public comment on Lafayette’s bike plan was extended to Aug. 1. Submit a comment here.
Mayor-President Josh Guillory is planning $211,000 in raises for his department directors in next year’s Lafayette Consolidated Government budget after 2% raises were approved in June.
Annual raises ranging from $5,000 to $38,000 were included for 11 department directors in Guillory’s proposed 2023 budget, which was revealed Tuesday.
Source: The Advertiser
The Parish Council voted 4-1 on a resolution giving the first-term mayor-president authority to develop partnerships for up to 40 years at $10.5 million per year, provided the council has final authority to spend any money.
AB Rubin, the lone Democrat, voted against.Guillory announced plans to seek a public-private deal to build a new jail in a short video released Monday night.
Source: The Advertiser
LCG’s last two budget cycles were mirror images. M-P Josh Guillory’s first budget was notable for its cuts, his second for its spending. And this one? Maybe a reckoning of the two.
A state district judge in Baton Rouge will keep a temporary restraining order in effect while the court considers whether Louisiana’s abortion ban is legal.
Judge Donald Johnson issued his ruling Tuesday that prevents Attorney General Jeff Landry and the state health department from enforcing the state’s abortion prohibition.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
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