On the charter amendments’ final stretch, all eyes on undecideds
Read More
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.
Crypteaux could weather the crypto winter
Read More
How do the voting odds stack up for the council split?
Read More
After major revisions to old federal courthouse contract, council coming around ahead of final vote
New changes to the contract make the deal an outright $1.4 million sale that requires the development team to pay for sewer upgrades and removing asbestos.
Read More
LPUA will take up lowering LUS rates
Utility rates were hiked in the last two years to pay for rising operating costs and a $240 million bond package that never came to be. Councilman Kenneth Boudreaux will present a pair of ordinances, one to reduce electric, water and wastewater rates and another to reclaim the revenues for a bond sale.
Read More
IBM and top government consultant draft smart city roadmap for Lafayette
Big Blue and mega-consultant firm KPMG outlined a comprehensive smart city action plan for LCG over the past year, developing concepts like digital payments for public services and smart traffic sensors for more efficient traffic control.
Read More
Council/administration fault line grows wider after property tax failure
Council members and the administration are at odds on how to fix the parish budget.
Read More
NextGEN withdraws proposal hours ahead of big council votes
The decision was made “in response” to the ongoing discussions of the company’s proposal and the “importance” of the city’s decision whether to accept it.
Read More
Crucial council votes could quicken or prolong a resolution to the LUS private management affair
Depending on a pair of council votes next week, NextGEN Utility Systems could walk away from Lafayette or find itself in a potentially lengthy open competition for the right to run LUS.
Read More
An over-simplified guide to the 2018 constitutional amendments
If PAR’s too lengthy and haiku’s too short, this guide’s for you.
Read More
NextGEN sets up headquarters Downtown in campaign to court Lafayette on LUS deal
NextGEN also created a Facebook page and launched a phone campaign to go along with its digital billboards billing a $1.3 billion offer.
Read More
The Buchanan garage problem
It’s a microcosm of the state of our current affairs — a parish asset, that’s really a liability, decaying from neglect with no solution in sight.
Read More