Louisianians insured through Medicaid will now have access to doula services through a new state law aimed at improving the ...

Sheriff Susan Hutson will face a formidable slate of challengers in the fall municipal election. Verite News contacted all ...

Visual art and music cherished by generations of a New Orleans family were washed away in the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina.

Hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to federal health care spending, passed last month as part of President Donald ...

For Verite’s Devil’s Bargain series, author Fatima Shaik writes, “the artifacts of enslavement surround us in plain view.

Frank Duson joined Buddy Bolden’s band in 1906, and took over a short time later. His name was mentioned in a Jelly Roll ...

Daniel Cressy will be the first patient in Louisiana to complete the gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease.

The city has lost tens of thousands of residents in the past several years. And much of what’s driving them away is well ...

Developers of the $1 billion River District project say their plan for a vibrant, mixed-use neighborhood surrounding the New ...

But Tyra Johnson Brown, the director of the Office of Community Development, said that her office had only received $24 ...

Following a tense three-day hearing, Judge Alvin Sharp says he needs more time to decide whether to free Jimmie Duncan ...

This week, the Bynum family celebrated as a state Historic Marker acknowledging Bynum Pharmacy was unveiled at 3840 St.