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Louisiana Transportation Infrastructure Receives $87M Boost from Union Pacific

Apr 04, 2018 02:17PM ● By Staff Writer

Louisiana’s transportation infrastructure will receive an $87 million boost from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018.

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Ambassador Caffery Walmart unveils Pickup Tower for Online Orders

Apr 02, 2018 03:02PM ● By Staff Writer

Customers are now able to receive their online orders that have shipped to the store in less than a minute.

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Breaux Bridge Officials seek to honor late councilman

Apr 02, 2018 01:05PM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

Breaux Bridge city officials are looking to honor late councilman Gary “Bimmie” Champagne, who died in early March following heart surgery.

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Acadiana coding enthusiasts to work on solutions to opioid crisis

Apr 02, 2018 12:58PM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

Calling software developers of all ages: an event at The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is seeking inquisitive minds to create systems to address the U.S.’ opioid epidemic.

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LCG seeks Public Input on University Ave. Corridor

Apr 02, 2018 12:57PM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

Those in attendance will be asked to vote on or rank the feature and design options as the study moves towards the next phase in finalizing a plan for the corridor.

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LA: Minimum wage increase and equal pay legislation fails on Senate floor

Apr 02, 2018 11:46AM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

Louisiana: Minimum wage increase, pay secrecy and equal pay for women legislation all died on the Senate floor Tuesday night. The bills are a major part of Gov. John Bel Edwards agenda...

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LUS Warns of Utility Billing Scam

Apr 02, 2018 11:30AM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

LUS is warning about scam phone calls being made to customers from people claiming to represent their utility company. The scam callers threaten to disconnect electric service unless...

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UL Lafayette’s $5M solar farm near completion

Apr 02, 2018 11:16AM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is nearing completion of the state’s second-largest solar facility that will reduce the university’s energy consumption by up to 10 percent...

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Waguespack: Give credit where credit is due

Apr 02, 2018 09:55AM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

Opinion - Stephen Waguespack: Lost in the countless stories--that dominate the State Capitol these days is some credit given to where credit is due. Some Republicans in the House broke...

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Opinion: Spend it differently this time

Apr 02, 2018 09:31AM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

Opinion - by Stephen Waguespack, LABI President: The 2018 crisis will be filled with plenty of drama, finger pointing and inflammatory rhetoric. Every (former, current and future) politician will say it is the other (former, current and future) politician’s fault for the deficits and lack of agreement on the appropriate mixture of taxes and cuts to fill it.

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