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The Advocate | Times-Picayune has launched its 2023 Voter Guide so citizens can hear directly from candidates in their own words about what they hope to accomplish if elected.

The Advocate | Times-Picayune has launched its 2023 Voter Guide so citizens can hear directly from candidates in their own words about what they hope to accomplish if elected.

The Advocate | Times-Picayune has launched its 2023 Voter Guide so citizens can hear directly from candidates in their own words about what they hope to accomplish if elected.

Murphy Painter, a candidate for Ascension Parish president and a retired lawman, has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing after the registrar of voters accused him of giving her staff

ASCENSION PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) – What’s on the ballot for Ascension Parish? Ascension Parish residents can vote on their next sheriff, parish president, and council members. Election day for the Louisiana primary is Oct. 14, and early voting runs from 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 30 through Oct. 7 (except Sunday, Oct. 1). Across Louisiana, voters […]

Several speakers addressed the Ascension Parish Council for nearly an hour concerning the future of Prevost Memorial Hospital in Donaldsonville before the Sept. 7 meeting ended due to a lack of quorum.

This years Meet the Gators at the St. Amant High School Gold Dome was a standing room only event.

A judge rejected Monday a five-term Ascension Parish councilmans attempt to disqualify an election challenger, even though he hired a private investigator — who is also a candidate for parish

A businessman and former planning official who was the subject of an election inquiry by Ascension parish presidential candidate Murphy Painter has had his residency for the fall contest challenged

Three members of the Ascension Parish Council were unopposed, while Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment drew two challengers as the qualifying period for the Oct. 14 election closed in the afternoon Aug. 10.