| Back from the Brink |
 Five tales of how the Lafayette delegation adapted to a loss of seniority, brought home the pork and navigated the most contentious regular session of recent memory.
By Jeremy Alford • Photos by Robin May
I. Living In A Cadillac State
The 34-story State Capitol has a sub-basement. Aside from being brightly lit, well-opulated and only smelling of unadulterated ambition, it’s everything you would expect from a sub-basement. The Senate uses it for office space, taking the place of what...
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| Growing Pains |
The Lafayette Parish School System is scurrying to accommodate the exploding population of students in Youngsville. By Heather Miller
A new elementary school for an ever-growing and overcrowded population of students in Youngsville could be in the works as early as the start of next school year, pending board approval of Lafayette Parish School System Superintendent Pat Cooper’s fix for a problem that at its height left south Lafayette Parish’s two most affluent communities publicly discussin
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| RE: I'll Vouch for That |
JindalCo’s “scholarship” program is looking more like the boondoggle many feared it would be.
The tally of private schools approved by the state Department of Education to accept voucher students reads like a who’s-who of who’s-that; one sees few big brand names — no St. Thomas Mores or John Curtises. Evangel, a football powerhouse in Shreveport, jumps out, but the vast majority is overwhelmingly small, Christian schools — evangelical mostly along with a fair number of Roman Catholi
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| Tele-mazing |
Stuller Telemedicine Clinic beams world-class health care into the office setting.
By Lisa Hanchey
Imagine being able to see a doctor for a minor illness without having to leave work, fight traffic and wait for hours at a clinic. That’s exactly what’s happening now at Stuller Inc., which launched Lafayette’s first telemedicine clinic on May 7.
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| Pooyie 06.06.12 |
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
C'est Bon
Being lovers of print journalism we couldn’t help but applaud from the sidelines Monday when our kindred in New Orleans rallied on behalf of the The Times-Picayune and its beleaguered staff.
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| Amen! |
 On God’s Acres in Loreauville, St. Joseph Catholic Church has A. Hays Town written all over it.
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| No End to Graham’s World |
 Lafayette’s Lauren Graham spent two consecutive nights in May shooting a scene for the upcoming star-studded apocalypse comedy The End of the World by first-time directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
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| Party Girl 06.06.12 |
The Junior League of Lafayette took over Trynd for its festive cookbook re-launch party. Guests sipped bellinis, red roosters and wine while enjoying delicious food made from the cookbooks’ recipes.
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