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The Livingston Parish Council extended a sweeping building moratorium for 12 months on Thursday in a bold action by new members to publicly cement their distrust of unchecked development.

As Livingston Parish welcomes a new group of leaders, the biggest challenge facing the local government is also its most contentious: How to address development and, by extension, zoning.

Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard won re-election on Saturday, but only barely.

Election time is here and the president’s chair is up for grabs in Livingston Parish. Two Republican candidates are going head-to-head this election cycle to see who will be the next leader.

As Livingston Parish fiercely debates whether and when to block large new neighborhoods, a crowded field of candidates will reshape most of the parish council, which plays a central role

Two well-known Livingston Parish councilmen are fighting for the parishs top job in the October election as they square off over how to handle burgeoning new neighborhoods, which have sparked

Amid ongoing feuding over zoning, the Livingston Parish Council voted Thursday to impose a temporary development moratorium for the second time in a matter of weeks.

If at first you dont succeed.

LIVINGSTON - After almost a month of debate regarding a year-long development moratorium in Livingston Parish, the council passed another one that would last 160 days instead Thursday night.

Fearing developers could rush to propose new subdivisions before a temporary ban on new projects passes, a Livingston Parish councilman is urging the parish president to sign an executive order