From the vanguard of medical technology to tried and true healthy diet tips, leaders in Acadiana’s health care sector offer all you need to know about living well and living long.
The nine local civic groups that came together to bring education talks to the forefront in Lafayette Parish over the last couple of years may soon have an new (and old) member of its team. Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Dr. Pat Cooper tells The Ind that LPSS rejoining the Lafayette Parish Education Stakeholders Council is a “no brainer.”
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As expected by the state Department of Health and Hospitals, the “Bayou Health” privatized Coordinated Care Network for privatizing Medicaid in Louisiana is off to a rough start.
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State Rep. Joel Robideaux, R-Lafayette, the recently appointed chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee and senior member of the Lafayette delegation at the Capitol, stunned no small number of local Republicans including, according to sources, several friends over the weekend when he came out in support of Texas Rep. Ron Paul’s long-shot bid to win the GOP presidential nomination.
The Tea Party of Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge, wants U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry to challenge Congressman Charles Boustany for the 3rd Congressional District seat.
Much of Guillory’s legislation deals with aspects of retirement benefits paid to state employees, which figures along with education reform to be among the most discussed and legislated topics in the session.
Should the City-Parish Council, in its weird new dis-equilibrium, move to banish the revenue-generating Big Brother from Lafayette’s streets, French humorist Remi Gaillard has a solution.
U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, is reporting healthy 4th Quarter 2011 fundraising, announcing Thursday his campaign took in more than $220,000 from October to December, raising his total cash on hand for the 2012 campaign to $1.27 million.
Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer met last weekend with Americans Elect, an organization that has vowed to get a bi-partisan ticket onto the ballots in all 50 U.S. states in November.
The mother of a 5-year-old boy, the new Facebook page's administrator tells the social networking world that her son is receiving treatments at UMC for "severe speech and sensory issues ... and he's making progress."
University officials are holding a press conference at 2 p.m. Tuesday to unveil its new bike path along Johnston Street and Cajundome Boulevard, the second phase of a $1.2 million project designed to connect the Research Park and UL’s main campus.
According to a 2009 economic impact study from the Lafayette Economic Development Authority, the local charity hospital sees more than 200,000 patients a year and provides medical education, including residencies, to more than 500 health care professionals annually.
After rebounding early in the week on word that companies were cutting production, natural gas prices fell to a 10-year low on a report of a supply glut.
Houston has proven itself to be downright neighborly, as the Houston Press gives Lafayette’s cuisine a great review in connection with Southern Living’s “Tastiest City in the South” contest.
An online quiz sponsored by Louisiana Public Broadcasting could win you a copy of “Louisiana: A History,” a six-part series accompanied by a book, “Louisiana: An Illustrated History.”
Is it just a coincidence the Saints have won three straight over the Falcons, a streak that began on the heels of Falcons receiver Roddy White’s imbecilic, barely comprehensible tweet a few days before last December’s Saints-Falcons game in the Georgia Dome?
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The Tea Party of Louisiana, based in Baton Rouge, wants U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry to challenge U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany for the 3rd Congressional District seat.
Discovery’s 'Ragin’ Cajuns' has nothing to do with UL Lafayette, and that’s why the university has turned its attention to the new series, which debuts Tuesday.
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