What do you think? Louisiana Constitutional Amendment #2 — Oil Well Property Taxes
All the way up to Election Day, we’ll be asking readers to sound off on the amendments.
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Lafayette
We asked about John Trahan about his bid for City Marshal. Here’s what he had to say.
This election season, we’re hosting reader Q&A’s with local candidates on the November ballot in a digital town hall format. Each session connects readers with candidates for conversation about the issues that matter most to them.
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What do you think? Louisiana Constitutional Amendment #1 — No Abortion Rights in Louisiana
There are seven constitutional amendments on the Nov. 3 ballot. Those items are often overlooked in a general election, all the more so during a hotly contested presidential contest. All the way up to Election Day, we’ll be asking readers to sound off on the amendments. You can check out our cheat sheet guide to […]
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Readers asked Kip Judice about his bid for City Marshal. Here’s what he had to say.
This election season, we’re hosting reader Q&A’s with local candidates on the November ballot in a digital town hall format. Each session connects readers with candidates for conversation about the issues that matter most to them.
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Lafayette through the eyes of Lake Charles
Some who fled Hurricane Laura are planting roots in Lafayette for the long haul. Some are building new businesses. They all have something to say about the traffic.
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‘You really don’t want to get this’: A doctor’s journey through COVID-19 and recovery
A doctor recounts the play-by-play of his bout with COVID-19. ‘You’ll be thinking about your mortality. You will pray your symptoms resolve soon.’
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Louisiana production crews, left gigless by the pandemic, are rebuilding hurricane-ravaged Lake Charles
Stage hands have been among the obscured economic casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic. Several local crews are now finding a home in helping with the logistics of rebuilding disaster-stricken Lake Charles.
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Lafayette Police adopts parts of 8 Can’t Wait police reform campaign
A limited ban on using chokeholds and requiring de-escalation strategies are among the revisions adopted.
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COLUMN: LCG passes budget that solves nothing
Lafayette’s city and parish councils passed a compromise budget that doesn’t address any of the city’s or parish’s major budgetary problems.
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Lafayette police used cybersurveillance on activists, nonprofits before strangely warning of ‘terrorism’
Among the events listed “no action warranted” are the two fake Antifa “rallies” that attracted large police responses.
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Feds grant another $1.4 million to Lafayette for emergency housing assistance
The gist: Identified as a place at “higher risk” for evictions, Lafayette will receive a second and larger round of federal stimulus dollars intended for housing aid during the pandemic. At just under $1.4 million, the block grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development nearly doubles the last allocation Lafayette received, one […]
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COLUMN: Parish government isn’t ‘living within its means’
Parish government has been on life support for years now. With the city’s finances now strained, it’s time for the parish to get serious about living within its means.
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