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.
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Election 2023
City voters carried Boulet’s longshot victory
Saturday’s race for mayor-president came down to who showed up, and this time the city of Lafayette was the clear decider.
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Boulet unseats Guillory in mayor-president race
Watch live as results come in precinct by precinct in the race to be Lafayette’s next mayor-president.
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How the M-P race is shaping up in the final days
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.
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Where do Guillory, Blanco Boulet stand on local issues?
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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Legislative auditor’s investigation of LCG enters new phase as interviews begin
It’s not known who has met with investigators or what specific issues are being probed.
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How can Lafayette keep its college grads?
Fix housing, commuting and make it easier to connect with Downtown, UL student survey shows.
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Swift urges supporters to vote for Boulet in runoff for M-P
After finishing third place in the primary, Swift initially declined to make an endorsement. Her voters may well decide the runoff.
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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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How the map for the mayor-president race is shaping up
With more than a quarter of Saturday’s voters now looking for a new candidate to support in the Nov. 18 mayor-president runoff, the race is sure to intensify in the coming weeks.
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Guillory, Boulet head to runoff. See who won Lafayette.
View a full map of how the race for mayor-president breaks down.
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Can Lafayette capitalize on Downtown’s success?
Lafayette is losing young people, but Downtown is poised to be a crucial asset in the fight to keep them here.
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