Inside the transition to a new mayor-president
Incoming M-P Monique Blanco Boulet is on a tight timeline to build a new administration before taking office in January.
Incoming M-P Monique Blanco Boulet is on a tight timeline to build a new administration before taking office in January.
Hurricane Laura damaged the only hospital serving south Cameron Parish. A slow recovery process and political controversy mean there’s still no emergency care.
Get to know Andre Angelle, Consuela Gaines, Karen Dugas, Kathy Richard, Matthew Holland and Michelle MacFadyen
Ochsner Lafayette General and LSU Eunice hope the program can help court more people to the profession, which faces a worsening shortage.
Saturday’s race for mayor-president came down to who showed up, and this time the city of Lafayette was the clear decider.
After a contentious fight over minor increases to parish property taxes that, in part, funded rural fire protection, the Parish Council is reviving the fire issue Tuesday.
Watch live as results come in precinct by precinct in the race to be Lafayette’s next mayor-president.
Ceramicists, painters, woodworkers, photographers, and other artists will also participate in the tour this year, spanning Opelousas to Crowley — and all other points in the region.
Early voting turnout in the runoff election for mayor-president has been similar to October’s primary. But what’s not similar is who’s showing up.
As Lafayette voters head to the polls Saturday to decide the mayor-president election, daylight has been hard to find between the two candidates on local issues.
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