The gist: Only months to go before elections to seat new city and parish councils, and last fall’s vote to create the separate bodies may be thrown out. City and parish voting maps do not match underlying legal descriptions, an error of hasty work, which gives potential cause to invalidate the result.
Louis Perret
Council split may be thrown out for re-vote, flaring political tension
Council/administration fault line grows wider after property tax failure
Council members and the administration are at odds on how to fix the parish budget.
‘Very slow’ reopening of parish courthouse starts Monday
The gist: There won’t be any civil or criminal jury trials in the 15th Judicial District until at least July 1, but the Lafayette Parish Courthouse will reopen Monday in line with the state’s Phase 1 guidelines.