Local government’s auditor clarifies legal distinction between “broke” and “bankrupt.” ...

The heritage-not-hate crowd’s panties are in full bunch. They’ve directed their ire at Mitch Landrieu ...

GOP co-sponsor with Dem Rep. Terry Landry to abolish death penalty says after casting deciding vote to kill it that he simply “wanted to get my message out” — that Louisiana isn’t executing enough people ...

Roughly 4,000 households in unincorporated Lafayette Parish are past-due on their garbage-collection bills and face "an interruption in service." ...

The massive vessel-assembly buildings and buzz of activity at Metal Shark’s Franklin shipyard are a sight to behold. But the way the company has diversified into military and major commercial contracts is the real story of its success ...

Finds mayor accepted overtime pay exceeding council-set salary limit, can’t account for public money issued to him, improper payments to city legal team and more ...

The April 29 tax votes demonstrated a disconnect between the city of Lafayette and the rest of the parish ...

And after a Chase Tower rep attempted to bar them, members of Indivisible Acadiana were able to go to the congressman’s eighth-floor office and fill out constituent cards. Higgins was not in town at the time. (With videos) ...

"Failing schools require more attention and more work days for their principals or school personnel ..." ...

Had the millage renewals for the courthouse and correctional operations been voted on only in the city of Lafayette they would have passed handily, and the school system sales tax proposition would have been a lot closer than the blowout reflected in ...