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Lafayette will vote in two congressional districts this fall
Louisiana will gain a second majority-Black district for the 2024 election map, after the Supreme Court intervened. North Lafayette will have a new representative.
Louisiana will gain a second majority-Black district for the 2024 election map, after the Supreme Court intervened. North Lafayette will have a new representative.
The $50 million announced last month took pretty much everyone by surprise — even the Corps of Engineers. If the Corps dredges the river, it will be for navigation, not reducing floods.
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In a 20-minute YouTube clip shared Tuesday, the two men, both vets, talk in high-minded and spiritual terms about finding common ground and agree to meet this weekend.
Many read it as a callous denial of help for those most in need, reinforcing a growing view that the mayor-president is heartless.
Researchers and engineers generally agree that solving Lafayette’s flooding problem will take a comprehensive approach.
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