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Lafayette’s Focus Clubhouse finds footing with LCG grant
The Lafayette City Council approved $50,000 in funding for the nonprofit Focus Clubhouse. But long term, funding can be a challenge.
The Lafayette City Council approved $50,000 in funding for the nonprofit Focus Clubhouse. But long term, funding can be a challenge.
Despite extreme heat being the No. 1 cause of death among weather events, more deadly than hurricanes, or floods and tornadoes combined, institutional protections from it often fall short.
A new migration of Americans is uprooting their lives in response to legislation restricting health care for transgender people.
The legislation, which was vetoed by Gov. John Bel Edwards, is likely to be the subject of a lawsuit.
A law passed this year requires parental permission and age verification for minors to create social media accounts.
A new initiative will partner with nearly three dozen corner stores to provide forgivable loans for produce and prepared meal equipment and a dollar-to-dollar match for customers.
The cuts would affect not just tens of thousands of patients, but also hundreds of health care providers. Some may have no choice but to find jobs elsewhere, health officials said.
Safety concerns forced the move, but aid workers say they aren’t sure where those pushed out of the encampment will go.
Native plant gardens are restoring health to local ecosystems — and neighborhoods, too.
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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