What did we get from millions spent on drainage? We don’t know
Lafayette has spent big money on drainage projects for years, but it’s not clear how much that work was worth.
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Election 2023
LCG’s drainage projects leave a trail of environmental problems
Landowners who were paid to accept dirt from an LCG drainage project now have environmental problems and, potentially, big cleanup bills.
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Will Lafayette’s ambitious bike plan actually happen?
Bicycle Lafayette would build 50 miles of trails, a potentially transformative project. Building the first mile has proven difficult.
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Fundraising, polls show runoff likely in mayor-president race
Lafayette looks to have a real race on its hands in this fall’s mayor-president election as challengers to incumbent Mayor-President Josh Guillory are showing early signs of success.
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Lafayette’s flood risk is worse than it seems, and we’ve built right into it
For decades, Lafayette has grown into flood prone areas, but that has come with a hidden risk.
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How can Lafayette make space for more housing?
Cities around the country have blazed new trails with solutions to their housing problems that Lafayette can learn from. But its own citizens have answers too.
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Lafayette couldn’t build the Saint Streets now thanks to zoning
Zoning regulations make replicating the density of the city’s early suburban neighborhoods nearly impossible.
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Surprise candidate disqualified in mayor-president race
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.
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Proposed short-term rental ban could spur gentrification in some Lafayette neighborhoods
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.
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Suit filed to disqualify surprise Democrat in Lafayette mayor-president race
The suit claims Priscilla Gonzalez failed to meet local residency requirements and falsely certified that she had filed federal and state income tax returns.
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