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Chief Financial Office Lorrie Toups says the cost of the pay raise would be $2.8 million a year.

Durel says both the parish health unit tax and the mosquito abatement tax are bringing in more revenue than is needed for annual operations.

The modified version of the “Plantation Oaks” annexation is effective immediately, and all regular city of Lafayette services are now being extended to that area.

City-Parish President Joey Durel shares some exciting details about what Lafayette citizens can expect in the future from LUSFiber.

In recent weeks conflicting reports have been made over the current state of LUSFiber's finances as well as projections of the government-run fiberoptic network's future.

The two leaders met today to talk about annexation and litigation.

Langlinais says he is making the move as a sign of good faith on the part of Broussard.

The ongoing dispute between the city of Lafayette and the city of Broussard is reaching new heights, with the attorney representing the City of Broussard now responding to Durel's comments made on Lafayette Live.

Chief Administrative Officer Dee Stanley confirms to KPEL that Lynn Durel was injured and had to undergo surgery.

Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel says the money did not come out of the general fund, but out of the Mosquito Abatement Fund.

The mayor of St. Louis, Mo., Francis Slay, told reporters today that his city has, not only the second-largest Mardi Gras event in the country, but the best in the U.S. as well.

Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel and mayor of Greenville, North Carolina, Allen Thomas, have agreed to a friendly wager over the New Orleans Bowl this weekend.

Lafayette has been chosen as one of 20 cities in the final running for the Bloomberg Philanthropies' Mayor Challenge

Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel has announced a curfew will be in effect tonight starting at 6pm through 6am on Thursday morning.

“It’s really not the strength of the winds that’s anything to really be concerned as much as it is the length of the time we have these winds,” Durel says.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) — Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel has declared a state of emergency, and all non-essential government workers will be off Wednesday.

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Lafayette City-Parish President Joey Durel said Thursday night that city and parish funds have been misallocated for quite some time now. In his budget proposal though, there are solutions on how to address the problem.

Louisiana Senator David Vitter visited with Bruce and the Kennel Club about the issues that are affecting you the most.

The Bruce Street Bridge, according to legend, was named for 97.3 The Dawg Morning Show Host Bruce Mikells. The 24 foot long by 20 foot wide bridge was deemed unsafe in October of 2009 and was closed to traffic immediately