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Three local municipalities recently completed their budget process for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Read along as we examine whether the cities of Broussard, Scott, and Youngsville fulfilled their legal obligations related to the budget process and how they plan to spend your tax dollars.
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The Guardian (UK)
But within days her life had been upended because of two posts on social media... Citizens for a New Louisiana, a group whom Jones knew had worked to defund a library in nearby Lafayette.
Los Angeles Times
Lunsford said [Citizens for a New Louisiana's] focus is to prevent libraries statewide from allowing children access to erotic or pornographic materials.
American Library Association
The whole area is being controlled by a political group called Citizens for a New Louisiana.
National Public Radio
Citizens for a New Louisiana [is] the same group behind the conservative takeover of the Lafayette library board.
Acadiana Advocate
Citizens, whose executive director is ... Michael Lunsford, is a conservative "good government" operation that started in Lafayette and is expanding across the state. Its latest crusade is pushing for tighter controls on the books and other materials minors are allowed to access in public libraries.
Times-Picayune
In Louisiana, the movement [to remove or reshelve sexually explicit books] started in Lafayette in 2021 when ... the conservative nonprofit Citizens for a New Louisiana filed an objection.
Los Angeles Times
A defamation suit [Amanda Jones] filed against ... the conservative group Citizens for a New Louisiana, was dismissed.
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Unintended Consequences of the LCG Council Split
It's only been a few weeks since the Lafayette City/Parish council announced their intention to separate into two distinct councils, and we've already found two twists in Louisiana State Law that are turning heads. If six of Lafayette City/Parish...
Could we be spending too much on education?
Lafayette Parish's average cost per student is $18,034 That's more than even the most expensive private schools Student Enrollment is 30,547 Average Attendance is 28,284 LPSS's total budget is $510,094,635 Within...
Skipping homework doesn’t fix education
What does 49th in education look like? In a recent news article on KATC, the Lafayette Public School Board, by a 7-1 vote, approved a new Pupil Progression Plan that forbids teachers from grading homework and prevents them from issuing a failing test grade...
Does the Lafayette Parish Jail Need a Third Tax?
Last year, the Lafayette Parish Courthouse & Jail collected $2.5 million more than it needed to operate. Do they really need a third tax?
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We believe the voters are smart and will make good decisions if they are presented with all of the facts. However, only one side of the story generally gets told: the government needs more taxpayer money. The vacuum of alternative viewpoints and approaches has birthed...
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