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Growth Should Mean More Than More Rooftops Carencro has been called the fastest-growing city in Louisiana. That sounds good, and by one measure it may be true. But here is the question every resident should be asking: Fastest growing in what way? If the claim means more people living inside the city limits, then yes, the Census numbers show strong population growth. But when most citizens hear “growing city,” they do not think only about rooftops. They think about jobs. Roads

Last weekend at the Youngsville Sports Complex near Lafayette, 70 teams competed in a youth baseball tournament, hundreds of people played soccer nearby and ESPN trucks were there to broadcast the Conference USA Beach Volleyball Championship games also happening onsite. For Josh Smith, Youngsville's assistant director of parks and recreation, the level of activity was nothing special. "It was a quiet weekend, actually," he said. Welcome to the booming world of youth trave

THANK YOU, last night May 18, 2026, City Council for voting to table the proposed Occupational License Fee Ordinance to give them time to review the legal issues and the questionable taxing method behind it. This is NOT the time to increase costs for businesses that will be passed on to the people! Ordinance 2026-005, proposed by the Administration, represents a NEW material expansion of municipal taxation authority that is legally vulnerable, economically regressive, and fun