From class clowns to most likely to succeed, this year’s regular session produced moments Lafayette should remember — as well as a few worth forgetting.
About two weeks ago, I overheard a conversation just off the House floor between a sergeant-at-arms (a member of the Legislature’s maroon-coated security force)...
Two Lafayette companies believe their microbes hold the solution to cleaning up an oil-drenched coast. Now they want a shot at proving it.
On a back shelf of the warehouse office of Sludge Solutions International LLC, three gallon-size jars, hooked to an aeration system, bubble with water and a thin top-layer of oil...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 Written by The Independent Staff
C’EST BON Since LUS launched its highly touted fiber to the home TV, phone and Internet service, one aspect of its system has fallen noticeably short... PAS BON If you get Mirandized in the 15th Judicial District — Acadia, Lafayette and Vermilion parishes...
COUILLON Rep. Joe Barton, R-Not Affected by Oil Yet, backpeddled faster than a crab on a blackened Venice beach...
Gulf Coast governors haven't fully utilized a force of 17,500 National Guard troops authorized to assist in combatting the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Gov. Bobby Jindal quietly announced the veto of a highly controversial public records bill around 6:30 p.m. Friday, snuffing the collective hope of lawmakers who wanted to add more transparency in the way communications related to the BP oil spill are being handled by the executive branch.
Private sector jobs in the state grew by 4,600 from April to May, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, but the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate inched up from 6.7 percent to 6.9 percent in May.
IberiaBank Corp. has announced management changes in its headquarters office, promoting Executive Vice President Jerry Vascocu to president of the Lafayette market, while current Lafayette President Pete Yuan will take over as regional president of the bank's Arkansas operations.
Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle will discuss the potential impact of the deepwater drilling moratorium at the Acadiana Regional Alliance’s general meeting Thursday at 7:30 a.m. at the Petroleum Club of Lafayette.
Local filmmakers Conni Castille and Allison Bohl, whose award-winning documentary shorts I Always Do My Collars First and Raised on Rice and Gravy explored some of Acadiana's unique daily rituals, will premiere their latest film, King Crawfish, tonight at the Bayou Bijou Theatre.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
