Police chief stifles info on Guillory’s security team
Lafayette’s new police chief has moved to gag further reporting about Guillory’s security detail, claiming it jeopardizes the PD’s strategies and tactics and endangers lives.
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History is our witness
Race remains the central issue and pivotal point of transformation for an entire American society. History is our witness that race might never be a bridge that unites us.
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Attorney general, legislators call for restricting minors’ access to library materials
His “Protecting Innocence” report includes excerpts from several books Landry singled out after a months-long investigation into public libraries.
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The commissioner said the entry of new insurers into Louisiana will benefit not just Citizens customers, who by law must pay premiums 10% higher than the market average, but also homeowners throughout the state.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
The ordinances require businesses that “sell, dispense or deliver” alcoholic beverages for consumption on their premises to close at midnight Mardi Gras Day instead of 2 a.m. on Ash Wednesday.
Source: The Advocate
Several lawmakers who voted for the bill spoke on the floor to express their frustration with the fund, which many have described as a Band-Aid on a large wound.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator
Unemployment in the Lafayette metro area ticked up .4 points in 2022. The region also saw the sharpest decline in labor force in the state, shedding 1,700 workers.
All of Louisiana’s nine metro areas’ unemployment rates increased from November to December 2022 as well, with the state seeing its rate increase for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: The Advertiser
Homewood detention pond property owners seek damages from LCG
The owners of hundreds of acres seized for a massive detention facility are pursuing damages from Lafayette Consolidated Government.
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Not some more convenient season
Before we can reconcile with one another and our past, we must learn to reconcile within ourselves, within our own hearts. Introducing Reflections on Reconciliation.
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House advances program to address Louisiana insurance crisis
The program would offer grants to certain insurance companies that underwrite new homeowner policies in the state.
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Council Preview: Mardi Gras bar curfew up for final vote
This week, Lafayette’s councils will take a final vote on requiring bars to close up shop at midnight on Mardi Gras day.
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Louisiana continues to rank as the unhealthiest state in the nation every year and actually got worse from 2021 to 2022. One of the key drivers is poverty.
Source: Louisiana Illuminator