Joining Boulet’s administration will be Karen Fontenot as chief financial officer, Matthew Duhon as chief innovation officer and Robert Yancy LeGrande with the Office of the Mayor-President.
Source: The Advocate
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.
Grambling State University President Rick Gallot was expected to take over as the University of Louisiana System president Jan. 1. But with only a few days remaining in the year, the UL System board has not extended him a contract offer.
Gov.-elect Jeff Landry indicated, in an interview with reporters Wednesday, he wants to talk to both the board and Gallot before the deal is finalized.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Nearly 14,300 fewer people lived in Louisiana in the summer of 2023 than the year before, adding to a total population drop of more than 84,000 since the 2020 census, according to new estimates released on Tuesday.
Source: The Advocate
Librarians will not be reimbursed for attending ALA conferences or continuing education as a result of a 6-1 vote by the board of control Monday to dissociate itself from the ALA. Only board member James Thomas voted against cutting ties with the ALA.
Source: The Advocate
Outgoing St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars said this week the parish’s suit against LCG will continue under his successor’s administration.
The lawsuit was filed over a drainage project done in St. Martin Parish by LCG contractors who removed spoil banks. The project also resulted in federal and state investigations.
Source: KATC
Mayor-President-Elect Monique Boulet and her transition team are hosting three community conversation events on key initiatives: the I-49 Connector; revitalization and housing; and Lafayette Consolidated Government’s impact on economic growth.
Source: The Advocate
Leonard Franques was charged Wednesday in a bill of information, which usually indicates a defendant has signed a plea deal and intends to cooperate. No date has been set for a first appearance.
Source: The Advocate
Currently, 12.5% of all emergency room visits are due to respiratory viruses in Louisiana. Flu accounts for 8%, with respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, COVID, adenovirus and rhinovirus making up most of the rest. The national rate for ER visits is about half that, at 4% for influenza-like illnesses, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
Source: The Advocage
This week, the City Council learned the Lemoine building needs at least $9.6 million in renovations.
Source: News15
Monique Blanco Boulet tapped a former city-parish attorney, Pat Ottinger, to run her legal department, pending council approval. Ottinger was city-parish attorney in the Durel administration from 2004 to 2011. Lafayette Police Chief Judith Estorge and Fire Chief Robert Benoit will stay on when Boulet takes office early next year.
Source: KATC
Customers claimed that neither the company nor the Public Service Commission notified them in advance of a meeting in which the rate increase for wastewater service was approved.
Source: The Advocate
One of four vendors implicated in a sprawling justice-for-sale scandal centered on the 15th Judicial District Attorney’s Office has been hit with a federal charge, the first visible development in
Source: The Advocate