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Women holding Narcan spray
Published: September 28, 2022 2:55 pm

Despite supply chain hurdles, Narcan distribution is saving lives in Lafayette

Greater access to naloxone appears to be having an impact. At the current rate, the number of overdose deaths projected for this year would decline 30%. Hurdles remain in the supply chain. Those fighting the opioid crisis hope to overcome them.

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Community
New Orleans Jazz funeral
Published: September 26, 2022 3:15 pm

Life, death and jazz funerals: Jason Berry’s ‘City of a Million Dreams’

Twenty-five years in the making, Berry’s new documentary is a historical portrait of New Orleans and its enduring Jazz Funeral tradition.

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Currency
Large piggy bank broken with a piece laying on a person
Published: September 21, 2022 5:22 pm

COLUMN: Guillory is leading LUS Fiber on a path to insolvency

LUS Fiber is budgeted to spend millions on expansions and make a discretionary payment into the city general fund for the first time ever. Fiber can’t afford to do that.

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Mayor-President Josh Guillory
Published: September 19, 2022 2:48 pm

The Current and The Acadiana Advocate sue to block LCG digital records fees

The suit alleges “egregious and intentional” abuse of the state’s Public Records Law and seeks to hold Guillory personally liable for attorneys’ fees, costs and damages.

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Looking under LCG's hood
Published: September 19, 2022 12:02 pm

Council Preview: Library voting rights grant; $118 million in bonds

Here is a selection of items on the agendas for this week’s meetings of the City and Parish councils.

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Greg Logan
Published: September 14, 2022 4:57 pm

Paywalled: Records requests cost hundreds each under new LCG policy

The Current was billed more than $900 for a pair of requests filed last month. According to LCG’s new policy, not yet published, the invoice must be paid before digital copies of the documents are turned over.

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Denise Konow, Christy Couvillier, Casey Leleux
Published: September 14, 2022 4:25 pm

After fentanyl killed their children, these mothers took action

As opioid and fentanyl-related deaths rise in Acadiana, these mothers are reframing their children’s deaths to bring awareness, promote safety and seek justice for those affected by substance abuse.

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