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SNL Skit Mocking AOC and South Louisiana Falls Short

Oct 15, 2018 09:13AM ● By Staff Writer

While the skit did bring national attention to Lafayette, it certainly didn't do anything to help promote Lafayette or South Louisiana...

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Calling All Mid-Term Candidates!!!

Oct 05, 2018 02:30PM ● By Staff Writer

Candidates running for office in Acadiana, we want to hear from you! Tell us your story...

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Senate Report Outlines 9 Reasons Why Dr. Ford's Claims Are Not Credible

Oct 01, 2018 03:03PM ● By Staff Writer

A “he said, she said” case is incredibly difficult to prove. But this case is even weaker than that.Dr. Ford identified other witnesses to the event, and those witnesses either refuted her allegations or failed to corroborate them.

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Allowing Louisianans to Make their Own Healthcare Choices

Sep 26, 2018 10:28AM ● By Staff Writer

OPINION: by A.G. Jeff Landry - I've participated in a CNN interview regarding an important lawsuit with 17 other Attorneys General and two Governors on the legality of the Affordable Care Act. It is an important topic...

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NIKE Just Does it With Colin Kapernick

Sep 26, 2018 10:21AM ● By Staff Writer

Are they genius or insane? Time will tell.

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ACLU DEMANDS KENNER MAYOR TO REVERSE NIKE BAN

Sep 12, 2018 02:22PM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

The ACLU of Louisiana has sent a letter to Mayor Ben Zahn informing him that his actions violate the First Amendment and advised him to rescind his policy immediately...

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Ragin Cajun Football - A New Era

Aug 31, 2018 06:35PM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

UPDATE: Cajuns win home opener 49 - 17 over Grambling.....The stage is set for the next chapter of Ragin Cajun Football. New coach, new starting quarterback, and a community that is primed to see the Cajuns live up to their potential...

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Lafayette Library Board of Control President Resigns Amid Drag Queen Story Time Controversy

Aug 28, 2018 09:07AM ● By Flint Zerangue, Sr.

Joseph Gordon-Wiltz, the Parish President’s appointee to the Library Board has resigned amid controversy surrounding the scheduling of “Drag Queen Story Time.”

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Public Safety Not Partisan Politics

Aug 13, 2018 02:21PM

Enforcing immigration law may not be politically prudent, but it is the right thing to do. Not only does it reduce the strain on our limited Border Patrol resources, but it...

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UL Lafayette Researchers Map Hot Spots in Louisiana’s Coastal Geology

Jul 28, 2018 11:28AM ● By Camille Mosley

Dr. Gary Kinsland, a professor in UL Lafayette’s School of Geosciences, explains geohazards in Louisiana’s coastal zones to students Nicole Bartley and Robert Narmour.

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UL Lafayette Lecture to Explore Confederate Monuments Debate

Apr 05, 2018 01:53PM ● By Camille Mosley

Award-winning historian Dr. Karen L. Cox will discuss “Confederate Monuments in the Jim Crow South” during a lecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. April 11th, 2018

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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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