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The city is served by a daily newspaper, ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' which began in 1865 under the publisher [[William B. Bailey]], who was the [[mayor]] of Lafayette from 1884 to 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site16.php|title=Bailey, William B.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 28, 2016}}</ref>
The city is served by a daily newspaper, ''The Lafayette Daily Advertiser,'' which began in 1865 under the publisher [[William B. Bailey]], who was the [[mayor]] of Lafayette from 1884 to 1892.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site16.php|title=Bailey, William B.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' by the Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 28, 2016}}</ref>
It has a full university, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, originally known as Southern Louisiana Institute.
Lafayette has in recent yeas been a stronghold for most [[Republican Party|Republican]] political candidates though it voted in 2003 for [[Kathleen Blanco]], the successful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] gubernatorial nominee and a resident of Lafayette.
Lafayette has in recent yeas been a stronghold for most [[Republican Party|Republican]] political candidates though it voted in 2003 for [[Kathleen Blanco]], the successful [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] gubernatorial nominee and a resident of Lafayette.