What's making news in Acadiana this morning
 | BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer The $629 million proposed 2021-22 Lafayette city-parish budget presented Tuesday by Mayor-President Josh Guillory would leave the city with a $28.4 million general fund balance and the parish with a $3.1 million general fund balance by Oct. 31, 2022. Read more |
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 | By SAM KARLIN | Staff writer On Monday, House Speaker Clay Schexnayder made a bold prediction: He was “comfortable 100%” he would have the votes in the Louisiana House to override Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill targeting transgender athletes, a measure that had energized Republicans to call the first-ever veto session in history. Read more |
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 | Staff report Downtown Alive! announces its fall lineup as the popular concert series returns to in-person programming this fall in Parc International. Read more |
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 | BY BLAKE PATERSON | Staff writer For weeks, Louisiana public-health experts, epidemiologists and prominent political leaders have warned with increasing urgency that the state’s abysmal COVID vaccination rate would lead to a surge in infections, hospitalizations and death. Read more |
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 | BY HANA MAUNG | Staff writer The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is launching an incentive program to reward students who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine, and inspire those who haven’t. Read more |
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 | BY BEN MYERS | Staff writer Coronavirus test positivity across Acadiana took a startling leap through the week ending on July 14, according to Louisiana Department of Health figures released Wednesday. The margin of increase, from 6.5% to 9.9%, was the largest among the state’s nine regions. Read more |
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 | Keeping your home clean and sanitized is essential these days to try to keep germs out of the house. Mopping may not be the most fun chore … Read more |
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|  | If you've been missing your local coffee shop and their piping hot espresso, there's plenty of espresso makers, brews, and accessories you … Read more |
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|  | Exercise always seems like the last thing on the list that you can get done. Work, kids, chores — they all seem to come first. But ignoring… Read more |
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