Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet inherited more than half a billion of infrastructure projects. Her first budget signals that an infrastructure hangover has arrived.
Short on splashy projects, the budget, introduced to the councils this week, focuses instead on LCG’s financial plumbing.
Boulet, who campaigned on transparency, has yet to publicly state her view on the Pride.
A settlement with federal regulators may be in sight on the beleaguered Homewood and Coulee Ile des Cannes detention pond projects. But it’s likely to add to already hefty costs.
Mayor-President Monique Blanco Boulet is looking to shake up the parish’s emergency preparedness office.
A year after settling a lawsuit over panhandling restrictions, Lafayette police may again target panhandlers under a new state law.
Lafayette’s City Council will talk about local panhandling and consider giving up on $1.5 million from the state for the Vermilion River spoil banks removal.
Change has been the only constant for the top job at the Lafayette Police Department. Here’s a timeline of LPD’s revolving door.
Lafayette’s City Council will vote on buying out the land at the center of LCG’s spoil banks removal, likely ending all but one lawsuit from the caper.
Facing a potential vote of no confidence by the Lafayette Police union, Chief Judith Estorge has stepped down from her post and will return to the department as captain.
Those implicated in a sample report, including former Mayor-President Josh Guillory and some of his top lieutenants, have denied wrongdoing, with Guillory saying publication of the findings is political.
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