LCG digs back into delayed and costly flood project
More than a year after a judge halted work on a troubled detention pond, LCG aims to restart the Homewood project.
More than a year after a judge halted work on a troubled detention pond, LCG aims to restart the Homewood project.
In all, Lafayette is in line for $688 million across dozens of projects in this year’s proposed state budget, including big money for UL and parish government.
The councils will take up budget corrections, funding to buy land for a new jail and revisit the question of hiring special counsel.
The Guillory administration mounted a vigorous but flawed defense this week in a special meeting held to review the extraordinary findings in an annual audit of Lafayette Consolidated Government.
After canning a change that would have put a Parish Council member on the Library Board, the council is considering a plan to eliminate the mayor-president’s appointment.
Lafayette Consolidated Government’s latest annual audit identifies a slew of new issues that Mayor-President Josh Guillory’s administration says do not need to be addressed.
Lafayette’s councils will consider a deal to takeover maintenance of 26 miles of state roads in a $25 million deal with the state government.
More changes could be coming to Louisiana’s Public Records Law, a year after legislation led to new public records fees at LCG and a lawsuit filed by media organizations to topple them.
Billed as a way to save millions, LCG’s withdrawal from the state municipal pension system has been a drawn-out, messy affair that’s now headed for court.
The council’s contracted auditor turned over its findings, which will remain confidential until and unless the LLA decides to release them.
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 suit aimed to stop LCG’s clampdown on panhandling — which district and appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court have repeatedly found to be protected speech under the First Amendment.
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