Christiaan Mader
Founder and Editor at The Current Media
Host at It's Acadiana: Out to Lunch
Editor of @thecurrentlaf • Host of Out to Lunch Acadiana on @KRVSmedia • Part-time musician • "Blogging" from my "basement"
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
Published: May 19, 10:00 am 60 Minutes profiles ‘unlikely renaissance’ of Acadiana French culture Chubby Carrier sits with 60 Minutes reporter Jon Wertheim.
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3 weeks ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
Lafayette schools will adopt a new pay scale and incentive plan in a bid to boost teacher retention and recruitment. The Lafayette Parish School Board unanimously approved the plan, proposed by Superintendent Francis Touchet, which starts first-time teachers at $50,000 and adds bonuses for teacher attendance, performance and working in underperforming schools, The school faces a growing budget shortfall as students have left for charter schools.
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1 month ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
Two years ago, KRVS lost beloved host Lee Kleinpeter, maybe best known for shows Old Gold, Big Band Swings, Born on the Bayou and others. He produced a lot of content for KRVS and meant a lot to listeners. When he died at age 73 , KRVS and the broader Acadiana community mourned him. But after his passing, there was also a more practical concern: Kleinpeter was on the air six-to-eight hours a week. Replacing him wasn’t going to be easy.
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1 month ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
Mayor-President Monique Boulet’s first financial audit shows improvements but also persistent problems left over from the previous administration. Overall, LCG got a clean bill of financial health, but auditors flagged millions in city dollars potentially misspent on parish drainage projects, a finding left over from the Guillory era. Auditors produced fewer deficiencies for the fiscal year ending in October 2024, and observed broadly healthy cash reserves for both city and parish funds.
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1 month ago |
thecurrentla.com | Christiaan Mader
Legislators are back in session with some tall orders ahead of them on insurance, taxes, the budget and much more, per Gov. Jeff Landry’s agenda. Lafayette Parish is represented by nine lawmakers in Baton Rouge, six in the House of Representatives and three in the Senate. Historically, Lafayette has been a powerful player, despite being only the fourth largest metro in the state. Recent turnover, however, has Lafayette sending a relatively green delegation.
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CREOLE LADY MARMALADE
The first Popeyes in Paris (and France) opened a few weeks ago, Boulevard de Denain across from Gare du Nord, and I haven’t been yet bc the line is always out the door when I pass by. https://t.co/FF4jOKH87p
Scoffing at a well-documented concern about disparate racial impacts on an urban highway project is quite the look for a staff editorial in 2023. https://t.co/OQNdHCaVQ0
Billy Joes Hobert and Tolliver
Age yourself by naming an NFL running back you grew up watching. I'll start, Brian Westbrook.
