Governor John Bel Edwards made the news on Friday when he criticized LafayetteÂ’s city government concerning their mask mandate vote. In a live interview with the Washington PostÂ’s opinion columnist, Karen Tumulty, he was asked, “…Governor Edwards, youÂ’ve had some push back on this mask mandate. The Lafayette City Council voted to reject it. What […]
As Hurricane Laura ravaged Southwest Louisiana, leaving 400,000 without power and 200,000 without water, shelters and hotels across the state have opened their doors to those displaced by the storm. Many New Orleanians recall the same hospitality afforded to them after Hurricane Katrina. In 2005, Lafayette opened the Cajundome to house 18,000 residents who lost […]
Just weeks after Josh Guillory came under fire for closing recreation centers that serve people of color, the Lafayette Parish Mayor-President is again facing criticism. This time, it’s after Guillory appointed a woman who has made openly racist, sexist, and xenophobic remarks on Facebook – including liking a comment that said Walt Disneyworld was “nothing […]
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