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More than $800,000 spent on COVID-19 expenses, yet safety doubts persist

More than $800,000 has been spent in the St. Landry Parish school district on COVID-19 expenses, according to a budget presentation at a School Board Finance Committee meeting on Monday. Also meeting Monday was the Building, Lands and Sites Committee.

3K-plus request absentee ballots in St. Landry

More than 3,000 voters had requested absentee ballots in St. Landry as of last Friday and the count was rising, according to Cheryl Miburn, registrar of voters. The 3,000-plus requests compares to a total of about 2,000 four years ago, she said.

Special education students back on campus, others going back next week

Some St. Landry Parish school district students will begin staggered entry into in-person learning over the course of the next two weeks, while others will transition to the St. Landry Parish Virtual Learning Academy. Below is the in-person and virtual academy schedule for St.

Ribbon cutting at Therapy Center

The Therapy Center in Eunice held a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday with many of its personnel, therapists and Acadian Medical Center personnel in attendance. Acadian Medical Center’s CEO Kevin Frank welcomed the owner and therapists to its new location.

Parish presidents argue oil and gas industry essential to state economy

Coastal lawsuits solely aimed at oil and gas companies in Louisiana do more to harm the state’s and the nation’s oil supply and economy at the expense of taxpayers, thousands of lost jobs, and other long-lasting effects, two coastal parish presidents and other members of the Grow Louisiana...

No undecided voters at this Trump town hall

I do not believe that there are any undecided voters left in Pennsylvania. I say this after watching the recent Town Hall in Philadelphia, where some allegedly “undecided” voters gathered to ask questions of Donald Trump at the Constitution Center.

Capitalism and religion

Of all the economic systems that have developed over the last two centuries, none has created so much wealth as Capitalism. With that wealth has come the lengthening of the life span, the increased possibility of eliminating poverty and famine, and the expansion of the range of human choices.

La. regains more than half of the jobs lost during pandemic

Louisiana has regained more than half of the jobs it had lost since the low point of the pandemic-related recession, the Louisiana Workforce Commission reported Friday. The state has gained 133,400 jobs since April, according to preliminary August data from the U.S.

For now, no diseases found in mystery seeds from China

Nearly two months after the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) first reported that Louisiana residents received unsolicited packages of seeds originating from China, there is an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Forestry (USDA).

Growth continues for UL Lafayette’s Graduate School

LAFAYETTE — Fall 2020 graduate school enrollment is 2,430 students and marks a 46% growth over the past five years. UL Lafayette had 1,521 graduate students in Fall 2016. Enrollment grew by 100 students between Fall 2019 and this semester. Dr.