Boulet’s 100-day goals: staffing and stability
Where her predecessor and erstwhile opponent made a splash within days of taking office, Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet is entering with a calculated ripple.
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News + Notes
F.D.A. plans to ban toxic hair straighteners — is it too little, too late?
With more women aware of the potential health risks and preferring a natural style, stylists say the ban offers too little and comes too late.
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‘Nurturing nook’ offers free supplies to Lafayette mothers and babies in need
A box stocked with free non-perishable items for mothers and babies — diapers, bottles, baby wipes and the like — has been installed at the Lafayette Parish Public Health Unit on Willow Street.
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Louisiana ranks dead last on health nationwide — a new initiative aims to change that
LA40by2030’s plan is to raise Louisiana’s ranking to 40th in the nation by 2030.
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Are two members of Congress better than one?
Louisiana’s redrawn congressional map positions Lafayette to have two representatives in Congress, potentially a Republican and a Democrat.
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Is Lafayette’s development code working?
Developers and residents alike say Lafayette’s codes let down both groups by causing heartburn for residents and giving false hope to builders.
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