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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.

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

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.

If at first you dont succeed.

Livingston Parish officials and the developer of a planned 2,000-lot subdivision near Denham Springs have settled a zoning lawsuit, smoothing the way for the construction to go forward while imposing

Two Livingston Parish council members efforts to censure each other over an allegation of sexual harassment stalled Thursday in a tense, often raucous meeting that ended with a whimper rather

On Thursday, the Livingston Parish Council is set to meet for the first time since one of its members publicly accused another of sexually harassing his stepdaughter — and the

LIVINGSTON PARISH - Things went off the rails Thursday at the Livingston Parish Council meeting. 

In a public meeting Thursday night, Livingston Parish Councilman Garry "Frog" Talbert accused council chair John Wascom of sexually harrassing Talberts stepdaughter, a former parish employee.