Brief: Lafayette councils demand answers on audit
The Guillory administration has so far refused to answer questions the chairs of both councils posed a week ago.
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Want young voters to stay? Try listening to them
Are Lafayette’s leaders listening? Young voters say their concerns are falling on deaf ears.
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Column: Dear councils, hold Guillory accountable
It’s time to stop pretending the actions of this administration documented in this audit are normal or acceptable.
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Louisiana House leaders steer millions of dollars in pet projects to their home parishes
Lafayette Parish is set to take home the second largest share of earmark dollars claimed for local projects.
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Get Caught Up: Home prices are up in Lafayette, but the market is down
Sticky prices and declining sales have Lafayette Parish in its coldest housing market since the pandemic began, but surrounding parishes aren’t feeling the freeze.
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LaPlace/Fightinville residents urge action on homelessness
The area is bearing the brunt of converging problems. There are more people living without shelter and fewer shelter beds available for them.
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The businessman, Randy Gomez, owns a string of clinics known as Woodlake Addiction Recovery Centers, with locations scattered across much of south Louisiana. He is described as “Vendor #4” in the recent guilty plea of Dusty Guidry, who worked for Moore’s office as well as the Lafayette-based 15th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Source: The Advocate
Senate Bill 7, by Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, would require libraries to create a card system so parents could prevent their children from checking out books deemed inappropriate. Libraries would also have to adopt policy language to limit minors’ access to material that describes “sexual conduct,” which the bill defines in five ensuing paragraphs.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Council Preview: Parish may remove MP’s pick from Library Board
After canning a change that would have put a Parish Council member on the Library Board, the council is considering a plan to eliminate the mayor-president’s appointment.
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As a result of the lack of new inventory, home prices have remained high, even as demand has dropped. Still, the region has seen its supply rebound a little over the last year.
Source: The Advertiser
Of the 425 who participated in the poll, nearly half would recommend people move to Lafayette. More than 40% felt Lafayette is both a good place to start a career and were satisfied with the job opportunities.
Source: The Advocate
Bill to allow library board members to be fired without cause killed in committee
The bill sought to codify an attorney general opinion that library board members could be fired at the will of the governing authority that appointed them.
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