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09/28/2025

Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises.

Three years after a federally funded move, Indigenous residents of Louisiana’s Isle de Jean Charles report broken homes — and promises

09/28/2025

A person held in detention at a newly created immigration unit in Angola prison says ICE is not providing medical care or allowing regular communication with the outside world.

09/27/2025

Verite News contacted each of the mayoral candidates to ask how they plan to govern. Read their answers in our 2025 New Orleans Election Guide to see where they stand on the issues that matter to you. https://veritenews.org/guides/2025-new-orleans-election-guide/mayors-race/

(Joseph Bikulege Jr., Russell Butler, Manny Chevrolet, Renada Collins and Frank Scurlock did not respond to our questionnaire.)

09/26/2025

For a while, Black and white dockworkers in New Orleans stood side by side, fighting for the same cause.

For a while, Black and white dockworkers unions worked together to promote labor conditions in the late 19th century.

09/26/2025

Affordable housing advocates want voters to pay more attention to the Orleans Parish assessor’s race, saying it impacts renters just as much as homeowners.

A progressive candidate is challenging longtime Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams for the job.

09/26/2025

The Louisiana Contraflow Task Force proposed the use of highway shoulders as a way to help people evacuate faster. But the Louisiana transportation department said the strategy would be too expensive to implement.

As the climate changes, hurricanes are intensifying more quickly, leaving Louisiana’s current mass evacuation plan in limbo. But transportation officials say the price is too high to switch to methods used in Florida and Texas.

09/25/2025

A journalist and poet, Michel Séligny was recognized by the New Orleans Bee and Courier of Louisiana as “one of the most distinguished Louisiana writers.”

A journalist and poet, Michel Séligny was considered “the most productive” Creole short story writer during the 19th Century.

09/25/2025

Candidates shared how they would approach one of the council’s most critical responsibilities: acting as the regulator for the city’s gas and electric utilities.

JP Morrell, the council utilities chair who is seeking reelection to his at-large seat, said he was concerned that one of the organizers was biased.

09/25/2025

Unlike nursing homes and assisted-living apartments, independent living facilities aren’t regulated by the state or required to have on-site staff or backup generators.

About one-third of independent living facilities are still out of compliance with a city ordinance passed shortly after Hurricane Ida.

09/24/2025

With tornadoes becoming more common along the Gulf Coast, emergency management officials in New Orleans are looking into an outdoor warning system.