METAIRIE – New flood maps have taken effect in Jefferson Parish, potentially changing flood insurance rates for residents across the parish. The new FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps took effect February ...

Separate five-member councils — one for the city of Lafayette, the other for the entire parish — would be created under a proposal going before the city-parish council Tuesday. The July 10 council ...

What's Your Flood Risk? By Littice Bacon-Blood For more than 20 years flood insurance premiums in Jefferson Parish have been calculated based on maps adopted in 1995. “So, if a citizen calls their ...

Lafayette’s councils are required to redraw its districts after every U.S. Census to evenly divide the city’s 121,000 residents and the parish's 243,000 residents. Local law requires the districts to ...

HOUMA — Terrebonne and Lafourche parish officials are contracting with private experts to help appeal alleged errors in FEMA maps that determine flood risk, flood-insurance rates and home-elevation ...