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Acadiana News Updates

Lafayette schools surpass 1,000 student COVID-19 cases; last year, benchmark reached in February

BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer

In less than two months, schools in Lafayette Parish have recorded more than 1,000 student COVID-19 cases, a threshold that took until the final week of February to reach last school year, according to Louisiana Department of Health data. Read more

Amendment to centralize local sales tax collection would not eliminate local jobs, speakers say

By ADAM DAIGLE | Acadiana business editor

A constitutional amendment that would centralize sales tax collection in Louisiana will not have a significant effect on the local jobs that help in sales tax collection, officials said. Read more

New principal named at Judice Middle to replace retired school leader

BY KATIE GAGLIANO | Staff writer

A new principal has been appointed at Judice Middle School following the head administrator’s retirement. Read more

 
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Someday, the Saints will be sold. Here's the plan and what it means for New Orleans.

BY JEFF DUNCAN | Staff writer and LEE ZURIK | WVUE-TV

For nearly four decades, the New Orleans Saints have been owned by a Benson. During most of that time, it was Tom, a son of the 7th Ward who came home to buy the team, nurturing it from irrelevance into an NFL powerhouse and the pride of the city. Read more

Under Benson succession plan, Dennis Lauscha will be one of most influential New Orleanians

BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS and JEFF DUNCAN | Staff writers

Growing up catching crawfish in Jean Lafitte National Park and hooping it up at his local playground, Marrero native Dennis P. Lauscha never imagined one of the most important decisions in Louisiana sports history would fall to him. Read more

Gayle Benson's succession plan is on firm footing. But Tom's relatives can still attack it.

BY RAMON ANTONIO VARGAS | Staff writer

Toward the end of his life, Tom Benson and his wife, Gayle, spent immense sums of time and money defending plans to leave her in control of the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans after his death. Read more

 
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