LAFAYETTE PARISH: Local Fall Elections
Qualifying for Lafayette Parish’s 2026 local elections has ended, and before a single ballot is cast, dozens of races are already over. While voters will head to the polls on November 3 to decide some of the parish’s most consequential offices, a review of...
Are Louisiana Cities Paying Officials Illegally?
Public records requests submitted to four Lafayette Parish municipalities uncovered an unexpected problem. Two cities could not produce the ordinances that Louisiana law appears to require before municipal officers may legally be paid. Two others handled the issue...
Carencro Government Builds $25,400 Fence On Private Property
For nearly two years, Citizens for a New Louisiana has pursued a series of questions about the City of Carencro, the Carencro C’est Bon Seasoning Festival, and the network of relationships among city government, nonprofit organizations, contractors, and public...
Unbalancing the Books: Carencro’s Pas Bon Festival Doesn’t Add Up
For months, Citizens for a New Louisiana has been raising questions about Carencro’s handling of the C’est Bon Seasoning Festival. We were told nothing was wrong. Everything was above board. Critics simply didn’t understand what they were looking at. The auditors...
Why SafeWise’s “Safest Cities” Lists Don’t Measure What They Claim
Every year, SafeWise releases a list of “Louisiana’s safest cities.” It sounds reassuring — until you realize that more than three-quarters of Louisiana’s cities aren’t even part of the data they use. On the surface, it looks authoritative, providing rankings based on...
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