LCG buys land from detention pond contractor in ‘highly unusual’ deal
The purchase completes a deal that caused millions in state dollars to be withheld. Unclear still is whether the state will release the money.
The purchase completes a deal that caused millions in state dollars to be withheld. Unclear still is whether the state will release the money.
Using computer simulations, scientists at Princeton University calculate that the deadly storm combos that used to happen once every few decades could happen every two or three years as the world warms from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.
Source: The Advocate
A co-owner of the property, cut out of the land purchase, filed suit Thursday for damages.
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
The owners of hundreds of acres seized for a massive detention facility are pursuing damages from Lafayette Consolidated Government.
The program would offer grants to certain insurance companies that underwrite new homeowner policies in the state.
While the Guillory administration is confident the situation will resolve, it’s unclear how — and how soon.
After endorsing Davante Lewis, the party ultimately threw its weight behind Lewis’s pro-industry opponent.
Between 1958 and 2012, according to the 2014 National Climate Assessment, the amount of rain falling in the biggest storms grew by 37 percent in the Midwest, 27 percent in the South, and 71 percent in the Northeast. Do last century’s weather records still hold water? Some researchers have concluded they don’t.
Source: Slate
Gov. John Bel Edwards called legislators into a special session to address Louisiana’s worsening insurance crisis. Top officials say thousands could lose homes without a fix.
Nearly 40 years into an effort to clean up America’s most polluted river, Lafayette is rebuilding its relationship with Bayou Vermilion.
We’ve seen promise all over our community, including efforts to tackle Lafayette’s mountain of blighted properties, its mounting fentanyl deaths, food insecurity and more.
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