What's making news in Acadiana this morning
 | BY MEGAN WYATT | Staff writer A nursing student preparing for clinicals is suing the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Ochsner Lafayette General over COVID-19 vaccine requirements. Read more |
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 | BY CLAIRE TAYLOR | Staff writer The Lafayette Parish Council voted Tuesday to give the Lafayette Parish library system a two-year monetary boost by increasing a 1.84-mill property tax to 1.97 mills. Read more |
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 | BY ANDREA GALLO | Staff writer The number of nursing home residents who died after being evacuated en masse to an unsanitary warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish for Hurricane Ida has increased to 12, state health officials said Wednesday. Read more |
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 | BY MIKE SMITH | Staff writer LAKE CHARLES – Southwest Louisiana officials on Wednesday expressed frustration at the prospect of a further delay in disaster relief more than a year after Hurricane Laura due to a partisan fight over the debt limit in Washington, with even the region’s congressman, Rep. Clay Higgins, having voted against a bill that included the long-sought assistance. Read more |
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 | By KEN STICKNEY | Staff writer Research and development money at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has soared by more than double over the past five years, President E. Joseph Savoie said in his annual State of the University speech. Read more |
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 | By JOE MACALUSO Louisiana’s recreational offshore anglers will be allowed to catch red snapper under new guidelines issued Wednesday by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. 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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