Plus, a Lafayette music festival is making a comeback.
| By ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana business editor The city of Broussard is hoping its designation as a development-ready city and the upcoming arrival of the SafeSource Direct locations will help diversify its economy. Read more |
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| BY BLAKE PATERSON | Staff writer Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have barred transgender girls and women from participating on sports teams that match their gender identity, calling the proposal discriminatory and a "solution in search of a problem that does not exist in Louisiana." Read more |
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| BY MARK BALLARD | Capitol Bureau editor Sports betting is on the way in Louisiana as Gov. John Bel Edwards signed the legislation Tuesday to create the protocols and regulation of wagering on sporting events and how the proceeds will be spent. Read more |
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| BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer The Lafayette Diocese has placed Deacon Shawn Jude Gautreaux on leave pending an investigation into an allegation of child sex abuse. Read more |
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| BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer Pride Month book displays drew questions and concern from the Lafayette Parish Library Board of Control's vice president, Hilda Edmond, who on Monday asked to go into closed session before voting to hire a new library director. Read more |
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| BY HANA MAUNG | Staff writer Drawing inspiration from the English community choir, the Big Sing, church musician Benjamin Harlan aims to replicate the wide scale event on a local, community level for the second time in Louisiana. Read more |
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| It'd be great to have a traveling masseuse in your entourage, ready to work out a muscle kink at the drop of a hat. Unfortunately, that's n… Read more |
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