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The ‘what the hell is going on again?’ guide to the charter on trial
A high-altitude explainer on the legal jeopardy facing the charter amendments.
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VISION 2020: Tear down the parish jail and courthouse to make room for Lafayette’s future
To regain the ground our economy’s lost, we need to take bold swings at projects with catalytic potential. That potential exists in a waterfall hidden under the parish jail and courthouse.
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$1 million left to Downtown’s Main Street project
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The charter trial will go on
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Must do, must see, must eat, must hear at Festival International 2019
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The triumph of New Orleans, the tragedy of the Catholic Church. A conversation with Jason Berry.
Journalist Jason Berry can’t escape talking about the sex abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, not that he’s trying. In his latest book, City of a Million Dreams, he turns his attention to his native New Orleans, the other center of gravity in his work.
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Holy S***, a grocery store is coming Downtown
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Lafayette retail sales have best start to the year ever for almost everyone
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Internal LCG review finds Bruno loan deficient, unusual and likely in default
The Community Development Department’s monitoring review of the 2016 loan to Robideaux aide Marcus Bruno found it in likely default for lack of compliance with federal requirements and recommends the nonprofit board that awarded it either modify the loan agreement, call in the loan or pursue legal action.