News for New Orleans - Verite News
5 days ago · Verite News is a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism that serves the people of New Orleans.
Average Louisianians would pay for Landry’s tax break for the rich ...
1 day ago · The plan also eliminates the corporate franchise tax, often the only option for large multinational corporations to meaningfully contribute to funding things such as schools, transportation and health care because Louisiana has not enacted worldwide or domestic combined reporting which ensure that corporations pay income tax on the full amount of profit made in that state.
Welcome to Verite - Verite News
Jul 27, 2022 · My dad used to say. “Son, all that talk is great, but now it’s time to walk the walk.” Today we begin walking that walk. Verite is a diverse, Black-led nonprofit news organization that launches today to serve communities in the Greater New Orleans area and beyond.
Government - Verite News
Nov 8, 2024 · Support Truth for New Orleans. Verite News’ mission is to empower New Orleans by providing free access to news, especially amplifying marginalized voices. As a Black-led nonprofit newsroom, your generous donation is vital in ensuring equitable truth, facts, and fairness for everyone in our community.
Justice - Verite News
Oct 2, 2024 · Support Truth for New Orleans. Verite News’ mission is to empower New Orleans by providing free access to news, especially amplifying marginalized voices. As a Black-led nonprofit newsroom, your generous donation is vital in ensuring equitable truth, facts, and fairness for everyone in our community.
State police again barred from homeless sweeps - Verite News
2 days ago · An Orleans Parish judge on Monday (Nov. 25) issued a temporary restraining order against the Louisiana State Police, days after state troopers distributed flyers to homeless residents in the French Quarter warning them to vacate or else face legal action.. The order by Judge Ethel Julien bars state troopers and two other state agencies from engaging in sweeps of unhoused residents or seizures ...
New Orleanians React to the 2024 Election - Verite News
Nov 18, 2024 · Credit: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert | Illustration by Bethany Atkinson/Deep South Today Donald Trump’s Nov. 5 election to a second presidential term sent ripples of concern through vulnerable populations in New Orleans, people who feared what might happen if Trump’s aggressive campaign rhetoric becomes federal policy.
About Us - Verite News
Former Verite News fellows Josie Abugov (left) and Nigell Moses (center) report on community fridges in New Orleans. Credit: Minh Ha / Verite News Lue Palmer (right), a former Verite News fellow, reporting in the field at a climate justice event in New Orleans on Nov. 3, 2023. Credit: Minh Ha / Verite News
School board candidates differ on approach to education - Verite …
2 days ago · According to a lawsuit filed by Jones in 2012, following his dismissal from the school, he was not a principal.In the suit, Jones’ attorney wrote that he held the title of “disciplinarian” at Andrew H. Wilson. The lawsuit goes on to say that in May 2011, LaToya Cantrell — then a member of the Broadmoor Charter School Board, which governed the school at the time — ordered Jones off ...
Our Vision - Verite News
Sep 18, 2024 · With the failures and downsizing of local news media, vulnerable populations in New Orleans and much of the region, are facing existential threats that hold back our community and prevent us from reaching our full potential.