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“What was not well known up until our study is that these storm surge events are appearing to become more severe in terms of the water they bring in on average.” D.J. RASMUSSEN, one of the study’s authors
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Five Mile Eatery owners want to open a restaurant in a house at the corner of Congress Street and Myrtle Place.
Neighbors divided on restaurant proposal Five Mile Eatery wants to take over vacant home in Myrtle Place BY CLAIRE TAYLOR
Staff writer
Residents in Lafayette’s Myrtle Place neighborhood are divided over whether a restaurant should be allowed in the mostly residential neighborhood. The owners of Five Mile Eatery, which currently operates in the Oil Center, want to move into a vacant house at 903 Myrtle Place, at its intersection with Congress Street, between University Avenue and St. Mary Boulevard. It is within walking distance to Lafayette Middle School and Myrtle Place Elementary School. The single-family house was built before Congress Street was widened, putting motorists in close proximity to the house. Allowing the house to become a restaurant would require the City Council to rezone the property with
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Senate panel OKs campaign finance overhaul BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer
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A photographer braves the water on Lakeshore Drive to get a photo of the storm surge after Hurricane Francine hit the Mandeville lakefront in September.
Study: Storm surge worsening in Gulf Research finds warming waters, rising seas could be main contributors
tensifying storm surge. The causes are still being determined, but warming waters and accompanying rising seas could be main contributors, the scientists from Princeton, Tulane and other institutions say. “The Gulf Coast has a much more severe hazard for storm surge than the rest of the BY JOSIE ABUGOV country — that’s kind of been known,” said Staff writer D.J. Rasmussen, one of the study’s authors. As the state prepares for a hurricane sea- “What was not well known up until our son predicted to be above average, a new study is that these storm surge events are study shows storm surge may be worsening appearing to become more severe in terms more than previously thought along much of the water they bring in on average.” This means that on top of rising sea levels of the Gulf Coast, including southeast Louiand land sinking, worsening storm surge siana. The findings based on nationwide coastal heightens the risks for coastal communities data from the past 70 years indicate the at the forefront of environmental hazards. southeastern Atlantic and eastern Gulf ä See SURGE, page 7A Coast are some of the worst hot spots for in-
The Louisiana Legislature could soon overhaul campaign finance laws for public officials, setting up new rules for political committees, raising the limit for which contributions have to be reported, and setting stricter rules for when campaign finance violations can be investigated. Supporters say the changes will “modernize” Louisiana’s Campaign Finance Disclosure Act so that it more closely aligns with federal rules. They also say the changes will more strongly protect the free speech rights of people who spend money to express political views. “Campaign finance law should be clear to prevent the wasting of constitutionally protected free speech dollars,” said Stephen Gelé, an attorney who has been involved in writing the bill. “Complaints of violation of campaign finance law should be handled judiciously and fairly, protecting the right of due process guaranteed by the United States and Louisiana Constitutions as well as protecting taxpayer dollars.” Gelé also represents Gov. Jeff Landry in an ongoing ethics dispute. House Bill 693, sponsored by Rep. Mark Wright, R-Covington, advanced out of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee
ä See CAMPAIGN, page 5A
Trump-Musk alliance blows up records related to sex abuser ä Cassidy meets with Trump on Split rapidly escalates the Jeffrey Epstein because Trump is spending bill. PAGE 4A in them. into a public feud mentioned The tech entrepreneur even
BY MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s alliance took off like one of SpaceX’s rockets. It was supercharged and soared high. And then it blew up. The spectacular flameout Thursday peaked as Trump threatened to cut Musk’s government contracts and Musk claimed that Trump’s administration hasn’t released all
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shared a post on social media calling for Trump’s impeachment and skewered the president’s signature tariffs, predicting a recession this year. The messy blowup between the president of the United States and the world’s richest man played out on their respective social media platforms after Trump was asked during a White House meeting with Germany’s new leader about Musk’s criticism of his spending
bill. Trump had largely remained silent as Musk stewed over the past few days on his social media platform X, condemning the president’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” But Trump clapped back Thursday in the Oval Office, saying he was “very disappointed in Musk.” Musk responded on social media
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President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Elon ä See ALLIANCE, page 4A Musk in the Oval Office on May 30.
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