The appellate court’s ruling reverses a ruling by a Lafayette judge who found LCG failed to prove the detention pond project was conceived using “best modern practices,” which is required under state law.
That requirement became central to Lafayette Judge Michelle Breaux’s October ruling in favor of the Randol family.
Source: The Advertiser
Tension between the organizations, simmering over the last two years, could end their cooperation.
The councils’ letter sticks them in line for a response from the AG. Without it, Guillory could have withdrawn his request should the opinion be unfavorable.
Under the five-year agreement, the city of Lafayette will pay UL $450,000 in the first three years to operate the museum. The first year, Lafayette is obligated to pay $150,000, the second year $200,000 and the third year $100,000.
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Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
From 2020 to the end of the second quarter, they’ll have reaped more than $85 billion, according to estimates, and the gains are forecast to continue at least through the rest of this year.
It’s a vindication of the sector’s new business model that prizes profits over production growth. For consumers, it’s a sign that shale is no longer willing to fund money-losing drilling projects that ensured years of ample crude and natural gas supplies.
Source: Bloomberg
Lafayette wanted a judge to declare it followed all rules and regulations in February when, at night, it had a contractor remove the spoil bank, an unofficial levee created along the Vermilion River bank decades ago when the Corps dumped material it dredged from the river. St. Martin Parish alleged LCG needed its permission to conduct the work.
Source: The Advocate
A three-judge panel of the 1st Circuit Court of Appeal ruled Friday that the district court must grant Attorney General Jeff Landry’s request for a “suspensive appeal,” which means the lower court’s order blocking the law must be suspended while Landry appeals.
Source: The Advocate
Reproductive health advocates are working to make sure people know the option is still here, and are trying to make it easier to get — an effort they see as especially urgent in the post-Roe world.
But they worry that emboldened anti-abortion legislators may come for it next, especially because of a longstanding misconception that the pill may cause abortions.
Source: WWNO
Higgins, a former police officer, predicted shootouts between gun owners and law enforcement if an assault weapons ban were to pass. The incumbent congressman is facing a Republican challenger this fall.
Source: Daily Beast
North Regional Library Branch Manager Cara Chance survived an attempt by Library Board of Control President Robert Judge to fire her at Monday’s meeting after Judge accused her of “willful insubordination” over a teen romance book display that included titles with LGBTQ storylines.
But the board’s actions at Monday’s meeting appear to violate the state Open Meetings Law since the agenda did not give the public notice that the board would take action on Chance’s employment.
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A plan to appoint an interim mayor-president in Guillory’s absence fizzled out Wednesday, and Guillory is now asking the state Attorney General’s Office to weigh in on whether he can hold office during treatment.
Source: The Advertiser
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