by Adam Daigle | Acadiana business editor Good morning, Acadiana business news readers. Let's get right to the headlines. Three million dollars to fund a substance abuse treatment clinic in Lafayette showed up in the state budget in 2022 — and just as quietly as it came, it disappeared again. Brad Farmer, the executive director of the local health agency set to receive it, called the initial allocation “highly unusual.” Now, he said the money has been reabsorbed into the state budget as part of this year’s budgeting process, after the board of his organization, the Acadiana Human Services District, decided not to fight for the funds to roll over into the current fiscal year. “I wish we could have used it in a different manner,” Farmer said of the money. Check out the story here. Thanks for reading and have a great day. |