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
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.
The board, after hearing pleas from the public, including at least two librarians, voted to defer the matter until its December meeting.
Source: The Advocate
Blanco said Sunday she and her team expect to ramp up again Monday, getting a website in place Monday or Tuesday and announcing co-chairs of the transition team by Thanksgiving.The mayor-president and new city and parish councils take office in January.
Source: The Advocate
Rep. Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, is expected to become the next Louisiana House speaker after the four other major candidates vying for the position dropped out of the race Monday.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Lafayette Parish reported 17,285 early votes cast for the Nov. 18 ballot. During the October primary, 18,389 people voted early. Turnout is expected to drop with the governor’s race already decided.
Source: KLFY
Lafayette Parish schools improved 2.5 points from 2022, according to data released by the Louisiana Department of Education.
Source: The Advocate
A former Lafayette state representative has filed a formal police complaint against Mayor-President Josh Guillory for allegedly committing perjury during testimony in an October civil trial.
Source: The Advocate
Could UL and Downtown finally connect?
UL students say they want to connect with Lafayette at large. Right next door, Downtown is an obvious starting point, but making that connection has been tough to do.
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Begnaud, who took over the position five years ago, is leaving to take a position vice president of marketing and communications at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Virginia’s economic development authority. That agency is led by Jason El Koubi, a former president and CEO of One Acadiana.
Source: The Advocate
During the first two days of early voting for the upcoming election, 3,960 people voted early, 1,958 on Nov. 3 and 2,002 on Nov. 4, according to data provided by Lafayette Parish Registrar of Voters Charlene Meaux.
Source: The Advocate
For the first time ever, Louisiana will also have a Republican governor, a Republican supermajority in the Senate, and a likely Republican supermajority in the House.
Source: LA Illuminator
Column: Elections are about what’s possible
Journalism has a duty to ask questions, and an obvious one raised by a problem is how we might fix it. Elections offer an ideal platform for that inquiry.
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