News + Notes • The Current

June 29, 4:27 pm

M-P Josh Guillory punts council questions on embattled drainage projects

In a letter delivered to both councils, M-P Josh Guillory suggests deferring questions about his drainage projects to an auditor.

Abortion Rights Supporter Outside Clinic

June 28, 9:24 am

Louisiana abortion clinics resume services after judge temporarily blocks ban

Abortions are legal again in Louisiana until at least July 8, when Orleans Parish District Judge Robin Giarrusso holds her first hearing over a lawsuit challenging the statewide abortion ban.

June 24

Louisiana bans abortion after Supreme Court ruling

In Louisiana, abortion is now illegal in almost in all cases. State law only allows for exceptions if pregnant woman’s life is in danger from a physical illness or a pregnant woman could otherwise sustain “serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ.”

Hub Citizen

June 22

How should LCG spend your money?

LCG’s budget is a vision statement and an action plan. What matters then, is what we believe our priorities should be. What are yours?

June 20

6/21/22 Council Preview: New council districts; $500K for a drainage plan; library board appointment

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils. To see the full agendas, check out the links below.

Hub Citizen

June 15

How Lafayette commemorates Juneteenth

Organizers say the spirit of Juneteenth is one of unity, an opportunity for all to commemorate a milestone in the struggle for freedom and equality, take stock of enduring injustices and celebrate the contributions of the Black community.

June 15

‘Gratuitous donation’: Lafayette overpaid for spoil banks property

LCG paid quadruple for the land it razed to knock down spoil levees on the Vermilion River and left one of the land’s owners out of the deal. It could spell more legal trouble.

June 9

Legislative Roundup: What Lafayette lawmakers got done in Baton Rouge

Bills passed by Lafayette legislators this session will affect constituents including massage therapists, disabled veterans, postsecondary students with disabilities, teachers called to military duty, bingo players, fishing boat guides, members of the Krewe of Bonaparte and drunken school bus drivers.

Hub Citizen

June 8

How Lafayette can show up and show Pride

Bringing everybody together is what Pride Acadiana is about. And there are plenty of ways to show up and show pride, during Pride Month and year round. Here’s how to get involved.

June 6

6/7 Council Preview: City Council to probe contract on spoil banks project; new council maps

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.

Solution Hub

June 1

From Pontiac Point to Rotary Point: Lafayette’s ambitious bike plan

With sufficient funding and commitment, the 50-mile network of trails and paths could remake how Lafayette gets around.

May 25

Lafayette’s spoil banks project in St. Martin Parish avoided public bid law and netted a contractor millions

The $3.8 million project, now the subject of a barbed federal lawsuit with St. Martin Parish, was top secret and may have violated public bid law with a peculiar contract arrangement.