Follow along as the Verite News team provides live updates on the 2025 New Orleans election day.

Follow along as the Verite News team provides live updates on the 2025 New Orleans election day.

A Spanish colonial policy allowed enslaved people in Louisiana who earned enough money to buy their freedom.

Several projects listed as blue-state cancellations were slated to take place partially or entirely in states that voted for Trump.

Jason Hughes and Cyndi Nguyen are the front-runners in a competitive race to represent the Lower Ninth Ward and New Orleans East.

Morris Music House, circa 1952. Anyone strolling down South Rampart Street could hear New Orleans music blaring from large speakers in front of Morris Music House. “As big bands and ‘race records’ turned toward rhythm and blues in the late 1940s, the store’s speakers amplified the new sound,” WWOZ’s “A Closer Walk” states. “Their motto was ‘First with the latest hits!’” Located at the corner of Common and South Rampart streets, Morris Music House started out as Morris Music Co. It was founded by Morris Karnofsky, who grew up in a Jewish household on the same street in the predominantly Black neighborhood.

Federally funded cultural and historic sites are closed to visitors after Congress failed to pass a spending bill.

The New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits continues to lack internal organization and accountability, according to a report released Tuesday (Oct. 7) by the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General. 

Political analyst Robert Collins issues his predictions for winners, losers and runoffs in this year's fall municipal election.

JP Morrell, Freddie King and Eugene Green face competition in their reelection bids for New Orleans City Council.

Creoles resisted Spanish rule in 18th-century Louisiana, but Gov. Luis Unzaga y Amezaga, who served from 1769 to 1777, found ways to diminish those tensions.

There are five challengers to incumbent Sheriff Susan Hutson in this year’s race to head the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office this year.

Two top mayoral candidates said they are committed to resolving a longstanding lawsuit with the Orleans Parish School Board over tax revenues for local education.

For centuries, Cuba and New Orleans were connected by culture and commerce.

This year’s race to become the next clerk of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court features an incumbent and two challengers.

A climate group led by Al Gore has expanded a new modeling tool to visualize the often-invisible health threat.

The District A race includes two former Giarrusso staffers, a teacher, a software developer and an administrator.

Fifty-five years ago, a small group of dreamers launched a festival to celebrate the music and culture of New Orleans. What began in 1970 as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has become one of the world’s most beloved cultural gatherings and the cornerstone of a mission far larger than any single event. Today, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Foundation stands as the steward of that dream: to preserve, protect, and promote Louisiana’s culture. Jazz Fest is our crown jewel, but it is also our engine. Every ticket sold, every note played, and every meal shared at the Fair Grounds fuels a year-round mission that reaches classrooms, neighborhoods, and cultural communities across the state.

Cantrell’s budget proposal includes cuts to nearly every department and a continuation of a city hiring freeze. Layoffs and furloughs, however, are not anticipated.

Author Clint Smith's new book tells the complicated story of America and its legacy of slavery with young readers in mind.

Hondurans have long had a history in New Orleans.

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, Louisiana’s overall rate of chronic absenteeism has seen a year-over-year drop. During the 2024-2025 school year, around 23% of children missed 10% or more of their school days, down two percent from 2023-2024, according to data released by the Louisiana Department of Education earlier this month. But even with that progress, absenteeism remains stubbornly high compared to pre-pandemic levels, following a nationwide trend in decreased attendance. In New Orleans, chronic absenteeism rates vary widely across different charter school operators, from as low as zero to 87% for the 2024-2025 school year.

Buddy Petit ranked highly among the New Orleans jazz musicians.

Giarrusso is joining a private law firm full-time once his current term ends in January.