ASCENSION PARISH - After a closed-door discussion at the Ascension Parish Council on Thursday, councilmembers gave Parish President Clint Cointment the go-ahead to join a fight against the state for an audit of how $1.2 billion dollars of flood relief money was spent.
Frustrated with a lack of progress nearly seven years after the historic floods of 2016, Ascension Parish government officials called for an audit of a $1.2 billion state program created
After tens of thousands of homes and businesses flooded in 2016, billions of dollars flowed to Louisiana to restore damaged structures, clear clogged waterways and create new flood protection infrastructure
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The climate in Florida is changing in a political sense. Long considered a purple state, the last decade has seen Florida move more firmly into the red camp, with electoral results and legislative actions tending to favor conservatives on a wide variety of issues.