Bills passed by Lafayette legislators this session will affect constituents including massage therapists, disabled veterans, postsecondary students with disabilities, teachers called to military duty, bingo players, fishing boat guides, members of the Krewe of Bonaparte and drunken school bus drivers.
Bringing everybody together is what Pride Acadiana is about. And there are plenty of ways to show up and show pride, during Pride Month and year round. Here’s how to get involved.
The library is the front line. We at Acadiana Queer Collective cannot stand silently while it actively silences the voices of our siblings who stand in harm’s way.
Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.
With sufficient funding and commitment, the 50-mile network of trails and paths could remake how Lafayette gets around.
The $3.8 million project, now the subject of a barbed federal lawsuit with St. Martin Parish, was top secret and may have violated public bid law with a peculiar contract arrangement.
The population of the city of Lafayette may no longer make up the majority of the parish. That means our city is stuck without a full-time leader who is focused solely on city business and who is accountable to city residents.
At 82, the elder statesman of swamp pop gets his due on the big stage — with a little help from some legendary admirers.
Don Landry has demurred as a potential public corruption scandal brews, even as he placed on leave a prosecutor linked to the investigation.
Moving at a breakneck pace, LCG has dozens of drainage projects in the works. It’s an immense capital program by local government standards, racking up a bill worth well over $100 million. We mapped them.
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