The dispute stems from a ruling by a Louisiana judge that the agency’s application of race-based considerations exceeds its ...

Sen. Heather Cloud, R-Turkey Creek, introduced Senate Bill 482, which includes language that “provides as an exception to the public records law for any records reflecting advisory opinions, ...

Inspired by Marcus Garvey and his teachings, “Queen Mother” Audley Moore and “Mother” Dara Abubakari played important roles in Pan-Africanism. Abubakari focused on organizing and nation building, ...

Proposed rules could simplify the zoning process for opening child care centers in New Orleans. And pro-ceasefire groups ...

In 1965, racism and segregation drove pro football out of New Orleans. The next year, it returned in the form of the New ...

Advocates told Verite News that they aren't aware of any changes the Louisiana Department of Corrections has made to its ...

The report estimated costs of treatment, lost wages, legal expenses and state support for female victims and survivors of ...

City and federal officials, local artists and economic development leaders gathered on Wednesday (April 17) for a ribbon ...

Less than two months after the Orleans Parish School Board voted to create the Leah Chase School — the first permanent, ...

A bill in the Louisiana legislature, marked up by Entergy, could kill a proposed transmission line from Texas to Mississippi.

In a first-person reported story, Verite's Lue Palmer recounts their experience as a renter in New Orleans, where they have ...