A survey commissioned by Verite News found that residents like the city’s culture, but dislike its crime, infrastructure and lack of economic opportunity.

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Among Yvonne Olivier Bechet’s many accomplishments was her trailblazing tenure at the New Orleans Police Department.

By columnist Tammy C. Barney.

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Years of messages from an encrypted WhatsApp text thread show conversations of sheriff’s deputies, including those who terrorized Mississippi residents.

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A voting systems law enacted in 2021 to placate right-wing election deniers has made buying voting machines so burdensome that lawmakers are now repealing parts of it.

This story, by Wesley Muller, was originally published by @illuminatorla.

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Considered the king of cornetists, Buddy Bolden was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and committed to the Louisiana Insane Asylum in 1907. But it's likely he was misdiagnosed.

By columnist Tammy C. Barney

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Verite columnist Brandi Liberty discusses the federal recognition process for Native American tribes, examining the steps involved and the significance of this status to tribal communities.

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Wind energy will continue to boost opportunities. The question for our state’s leaders is whether we want to maximize those benefits.

By New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno and Public Service Commissioner Commish. Davante Lewis

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'The white people of this country may charge that he was a desperado, but to people of his own race Robert Charles will always be regarded as the hero of New Orleans.”

Tammy C. Barney writes about activist Robert Charles in this Back in the Day column.

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Why do environmental groups and pro-Palestinian activists care about the River District development?

Josie Abugov answers that question and more in this explainer.

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Louisiana classifies about 4,500 oil and gas wells as “orphaned” because their operators have gone bankrupt, can’t be located or are unwilling to maintain their sites.

Responsibility for cleaning up these orphan wells falls on taxpayers.

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Last week the New Orleans City Council voted 6-to-1 to enter a 35-year agreement with developers of the River District. The soon-to-be neighborhood is a $1 billion project in the making.

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Vietnamese people began to settle in Village de L’Est – specifically in Versailles Arms apartment complex –  in 1975 when they fled to the United States after the Vietnam War.

By Verite columnist Tammy C. Barney.

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Get ready for what's predicted to be the most severe Atlantic hurricane season ever. By C.L.R. James Baldwin 🐟 veritenews.org/2024/05/23/hur…

.NOAA shared its 2024 Atlantic hurricane season outlook this morning and forecasted that 17 to 25 named storms will develop -- an all-time high -- this season, which starts on June 1 and lasts through November 30.

Latest for Verite.

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More than a year and a half after the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority overhauled its bus routes and schedules — and removed its old bus stop signs — virtually none of the 2,000-plus bus stops in New Orleans have new, permanent signage.

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National Weather Service director: Be ‘concerned’ but not ‘alarmed' about this year's hurricane forecast.
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Marie Couvent was enslaved as a child. And, she enslaved Black people. She could not read or write. And, she donated property for a school for Black orphans.

Tammy C. Barney writes about Couvent's contradictions in this Back in the Day Column.

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“That was our baby,” said Henri Braggs, a former member of Da Showstoppaz, of the 2002 song “Release A Wiggle.” The song is now the subject of federal copyright complaints against Big Freedia, Beyonce and Jay-Z.

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Verite reporter Richard A. Webster appeared on WGNO-TV (ABC) New Orleans to speak about his recent investigation for ProPublica's Local Reporting Network into claims of healthcare abuse at Louisiana’s Angola prison.

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This year’s graduating class will be Living School's last.

Despite a months-long battle to remain open following the Orleans Parish School Board's decision not to renew the school’s charter late last year, the school is closing its doors for good.

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