COLUMN: Lafayette has one more shot at getting ARPA right
Lafayette has $28 million in federal coronavirus funds left to spend. It’s one-in-a-lifetime money that could do a lot of good.
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COVID-19
Council Preview: Nurse raises proposed, City Court move revisited
A handful of nurses at the parish’s Public Health Unit are in line for raises of around $13,750 on average, depending on the Parish Council’s support.
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This will be the eighth time since early 2020 that Louisiana has experienced a surge in COVID-19 cases, Kanter said. But unlike in the early days of the pandemic, when the virus was entirely new and thousands of patients were being hospitalized every day, hospitals will likely not be faced with overwhelming patient numbers.
Source: The Advocate
Council Preview: Can the councils hire an attorney? Who pays for consolidation?
The councils will take up budget corrections, funding to buy land for a new jail and revisit the question of hiring special counsel.
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COLUMN: Uncertainty the only constant for Lafayette’s economy
The latest economic output data indicates Lafayette is still in flux as it recovers from the economic impact of the pandemic. We’re gaining ground, but not as quickly as we need.
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Acadiana is seeing roughly 300 new cases each day over the past two weeks. The highly contagious BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are driving the uptick.
It’s a far cry from January, when about 1,500 new cases were reported per day at the peak of the omicron surge. It’s also not as high as the delta surge last September, when about 440 cases per day were reported.
Source: The Advocate
SOLUTION BRIEF: What can we do about Lafayette’s spike in violence?
The numbers are grim. Lafayette has sustained two consecutive years of rising homicides and gun violence. There aren’t any easy answers, but here’s a quick roundup of approaches
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Survey: Anxiety about jobs and housing high, but slim majority think Lafayette is on the ‘right track’
Traffic, economy, crime, Covid and education were the top issues residents cited in the quality of life survey developed by One Acadiana.
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Louisiana Supreme Court hears oral arguments over Ochsner vaccine mandate
Supreme Court Justice: Do Ochsner employees ‘not have a choice’ to work elsewhere?
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Conversation: What will be Lafayette’s biggest headline in 2022?
Looking back and looking ahead as 2021 winds down.
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Grab the mic! 19 ideas to transform Lafayette
Nonprofits delivered a vision for making our community better. Now it’s your turn to grab the mic.
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Building Alliances: How rural St. Landry Parish gave its Covid vaccination effort a boost
Compared with other rural communities, St. Landry Parish mounted a better pandemic response and has rivaled wealthier, urban peers. It has the second highest vaccination rate in Acadiana, sneaking up just behind Lafayette Parish.
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