Louisianians are more likely to spend the holiday in the emergency room, an analysis of nationwide emergency room visit data ...

Fort-six percent of Lafayette Parish renters and 19% of homeowners are cost burdened, both highs for the Acadiana region ...

Funding hasn’t kept up with the cost to house more inmates, officials claim, leading to some disagreement across local ...

Revisions to Louisiana’s tax code fell short of an overhaul but achieved much of what Gov. Jeff Landry and his allies hoped.

Downtown’s taxing district board approved funding for an ambassador program proposed as a way to manage and maintain Downtown ...

As Medicare Advantage plans pull out of rural areas, patients stand to lose access to critical care Medicare Advantage plans offer low premiums and sign-up perks. But they are increasingly pulling out ...

A sign outside Bunkie General Hospital in Bunkie, La., signals the entrance to the emergency room on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Photo by Alena Maschke Bunkie, a bygone railroad town, is older and poorer ...

Comeaux High supporters, including head football coach Marquis Newsome, celebrate the school board's vote to keep their school open. Photo by Kade Parker In what came as a surprise to many who thought ...

Community members and leaders gathered at the Downtown Convention Center on March 7 to protest the potential closure of Paul Breaux Middle School. Photo by Robin May The Lafayette Parish School Board ...

As significant as the changes are, they don’t feel big enough relative to the scale of the problems Lafayette public schools face. The Current’s very existence and its vibrancy is intrinsically linked ...

Lafayette’s latest school rankings continue to show improvement since the pandemic. On the whole, the district’s grade climbed above its 2019 levels, sustaining a B grade parishwide. Seventeen schools ...