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Qualifying for the March 26 municipal election continued Friday afternoon.
Among the positions that will be on the March 26 ballot are races in the city of Abbeville and city of Kaplan. The Vermilion Parish School Board is also holding special elections for its seats in District B and District H.
Qualifying will end at 4:30 p.m. on Friday.

City of Abbeville

Mayor
• Francis Plaisance
• Roslyn White

Chief of Police
• Joey Boneski
• Ronald Gaspard
• Mike Hardy
• William “Bill” Spearman

City Council

LAFAYETTE — The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will continue to deliver some in-person classes remotely through Friday, Feb. 4.
It’s part of UL Lafayette’s continued efforts to protect the health and safety of students and employees amid high rates of COVID-19 in Acadiana and throughout the state.
Students should confirm course delivery methods via Moodle and with their faculty members, the University said in an announcement to the campus on Wednesday.

(The Center Square) – Louisiana Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne presented a breakdown of the governor’s proposed budget Tuesday to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget, prompting an array of questions from lawmakers on a variety of issues.
Dardenne laid out how Gov. John Bel Edwards hopes to spend a flood of $2.83 billion in extra revenue for the upcoming fiscal year, money that includes $1.4 billion from the American Rescue Plan (ARP), $700 million in surplus from fiscal year 2021 and an $853 million excess for fiscal year 2022.