Ascension Parish to vote on 12-month building ban tonight

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As the Capital Region braces for a weekend of potentially heavy rain, the Ascension Parish Council tonight will take up a controversial proposal by Parish President Clint Cointment that would ban all new commercial and residential development in the parish for 12 month—a pause Cointment says is needed to help get a handle on the

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