Gillane said he was not in the executive session. When the board came out of executive session, he said, library board President Robert Judge told him the board felt he had done a good job with library finances and with staff.
Source: The Acadiana Advocate
Under Louisiana law, Priscilla Gonzalez had 24 hours to file her paperwork to appeal the ruling – with legal holidays that worked out to be noon on Monday. Gonzalez did file a motion – but not until after 1 p.m. on Monday, court records show.
Source: KATC
Lafayette’s City Council will vote on the city’s first rules for short-term rentals and look at reviving a $9.5 million plan to move City Court.
Health care disparities based on race, gender, income and location — to name just a few factors — impact everything from maternal death rates to homelessness. A new Lafayette task
Source: The Advocate
A district court judge found that Priscilla Gonzalez was unable to show that she was a “qualified elector” or prove she had filed her taxes.
Lafayette is in an extreme drought, the eighth driest summer on record. Hardened soils aren’t just bad for plants; they can worsen flooding when it does finally rain.
LCG’s proposed budget splits $250,000 between LEDA, a public economic development agency, and One Acadiana, the regional chamber of commerce. In last year’s budget, the whole allocation went to LEDA.
Source: KATC
Ben Terry, whose struggles alongside his fellow Laura survivors made him family even to strangers, died Sunday of cancer.
The push to adopt new rules for short-term rentals has some Lafayette neighborhoods concerned about the fallout of a plan that threatens to shift the operations to lower-income parts of the city.
The suit claims Priscilla Gonzalez failed to meet local residency requirements and falsely certified that she had filed federal and state income tax returns.
A new office under the Louisiana Department of Health aims to improve women’s health outcomes across the state, but has been faced challenges and controversy.
Lafayette’s annual budget season is here, and in just about a month the city and parish councils will be voting on how to spend hundreds of millions of tax dollars next year. Take a deep dive into the proposed budget with our updated explorer.
Get it first. Sign up for our free newsletters. Learn more »