Heavier rain estimates offer a warning, opportunity to reassess drainage needs
Heavier rainfall estimates for Lafayette are a warning shot of things to come, but more research is needed locally before changing course, experts say.
Heavier rainfall estimates for Lafayette are a warning shot of things to come, but more research is needed locally before changing course, experts say.
Neighbors say they need help handling a rise in people living on the street. Top Lafayette police brass say they do, too.
While Downtown Lafayette embraces Pride, many queer people elsewhere in Acadiana struggle to find connection and representation.
Two years after a local agency stepped in to fund necessary sewer capacity upgrades in Downtown Lafayette, another fix is needed and a new plan is in the works.
LUS is set to get an $83,000 grant for five new electric car chargers under auto giant Volkswagen’s diesel emissions scandal settlement.
More than a year after a judge halted work on a troubled detention pond, LCG aims to restart the Homewood project.
Old newsletters, photos and other ephemera document the history of LGBTQ+ culture in Lafayette and beyond.
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.
Safety concerns forced the move, but aid workers say they aren’t sure where those pushed out of the encampment will go.
From 2005 to 2020, Louisiana’s largest population centers lost a net 317,000 residents, many of whom were young and college-educated.
The councils will take up budget corrections, funding to buy land for a new jail and revisit the question of hiring special counsel.
Lafayette’s efforts to deal with adjudicated properties have seen slow but steady progress since adjudications peaked at 1,560 properties in July 2019. In the years since, LCG has brought hundreds of properties back into commerce.
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