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As the Trump administration and state government increase efforts toward deportations, New Orleans-area immigrant activists are educating members of the community about their rights. Bobbi-Jean Misick reports for @veritenews.org lailluminator.com/2025/02/27/t...

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The Krewe of Muses parade rolled from Uptown to the CBD yesterday and we got great photos of it @veritenews.org. Come for the photos of the crowd and stay for great photos of the performers! veritenews.org/2025/02/28/m...

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The peak of Carnival season kicked off as the Krewe of Muses parade rolled from Uptown to the Central Business District on Thursday (Feb. 27) evening. More photos:

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At 90, Littdell "Bee" Banister is the oldest big queen among New Orleans’ Black Masking Indians. She’s been masking for 50 years—and isn’t stopping. She and four other queens were honored for their 237 years of combined dedication.

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Louisiana could be heading for a legal battle with New York over Gov. Kathy Hochul’s refusal to indict a doctor who prescribed abortion medication to a woman in the southern state. If Louisiana’s AG opts to sue, some of the state’s Republican lawmakers say they’ll stand behind her.

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Hot Jazz, also known as Dixieland, was developed by Big Eye” Louis Nelson Delisle, a clarinet player. Born in New Orleans in 1885, Delisle was playing professionally in Storyville, where brothels and clubs were located, by the time he was 15.

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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will be grounded for the next two months after the New Orleans City Council on Thursday (Feb. 27) unanimously passed a temporary ban on non-essential travel for most city employees, including the Mayor’s Office.

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As the world tuned in for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, an unprecedented series of events unfolded, showcasing Indigenous talent and culture on one of the biggest stages in sports.

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Louisiana’s heavy reliance on federal funds, including Medicaid, leaves it vulnerable as President Donald Trump and congressional leaders push for substantial cuts. (via LSU Manship School News Service)

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Cantrell pleaded poverty when she backed out of a $20 million deal with the school system, but even a top official in her administration says the city is doing fine.

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Butler “String Beans” and Sweetie Matthews May performed on the southern theater circuit in the 1900s.

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Excited to share that @veritenews.org/ @deepsouthtoday.org is among the five inaugural partners for today’s launch of the Allbritton Journalism Institute-NOTUS Washington Bureau Initiative, which will provide dedicated reporting to our newsroom from Washington, DC. More here: aji.org/news/notus-l...

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The appointment of a local trans rights activist, Mariah Moore, to the RTA has made the governing board of New Orleans' transit system whole again after a scandal rocked agency a year ago. We've got the scoop @veritenews.org. veritenews.org/2025/02/25/m...

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Local transgender rights activist Mariah Moore’s appointment leaves the RTA’s governing board full for the first time since the legislature remade its composition.

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Under Trump, local immigrant activists have boosted their efforts to educate members of the community about their rights.

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Verite News is proud to join the @notusreports.bsky.social Washington Bureau Initiative, a new partnership with local newsrooms that provides critical nonpartisan political reporting from D.C. to our readers.

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The case stems from a 2018 law that made it illegal to be on or near a pipeline without permission and an arrest of environmental activists that followed days after the law went into effect.

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Explaining New Orleans’ short-term rental saga Read More:

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Via: @notusreports.bsky.social Read more: veritenews.org/2025/02/24/l...

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Louisiana lawmakers don’t want drastic cuts at NOAA: In the country’s most hurricane-prone region, the extreme weather agency provides a service lawmakers from both parties consider essential. Via: @NOTUSreports https://buff.ly/3EOMCvO

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Despite changes in federal policy in investing in wind energy, students in Louisiana's first training program for turbine technicians are hopeful about their job prospects.

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Leaders from the city’s medical research community say life-saving advances in the treatment of cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases could be threatened if the Trump administration follows through with deep cuts to federal grant dollars. from Louisiana Illuminator

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Trump cuts place critical HIV funding in question Read More: https://buff.ly/3EKJXTH

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State Officials Say They’re Shut Out of Billions of Dollars for Energy Programs Via: @notusreports Read More: https://buff.ly/4gRMmcT

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The complicated history of Camp Algiers, the site of two new developments on the West Bank: A quiet plot of land in Algiers once served as a WWII internment camp. Read More: https://buff.ly/4b7YbdB

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At the Iroquois Theater in N.O., vaudeville, then jazz thrived Read More: https://buff.ly/4hZTKUd

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BREAKING: Trump's Department of Interior has removed an 11-mile stretch of St. John the Baptist Parish, part of which was slated to be the site for the Greenfield grain terminal, from consideration for a National Historic Landmark designation. veritenews.org/2025/02/18/s...

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The latest What Was Lost features New Orleans RTA board commissioner Mitchell Guidry on the loss of the public transit line — the Vieux Carre — where he met his wife. The Vieux Carre, like many other transit lines, were never restored to service after Katrina. veritenews.org/2025/02/17/w...

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A federal judge said he was prohibited by federal law from reviewing the allegations made by 276 immigration detainees across the country — half from Louisiana — who say they have been arbitrarily targeted for prolonged ICE lock-up.

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Judge dismisses immigration suit alleging unfair treatment of post-Soviet asylum-seekers veritenews.org/2025/02/17/j...

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A group of Louisiana voters are seeking to halt a vote on a state constitutional amendment scheduled for next month that would rewrite state tax law.

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A cigar maker and a successful boxer in the 1800s, André Cailloux also was the first Black officer killed in action during the Civil War.

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Test your knowledge of this week's New Orleans news with our quiz.

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The view that every Super Bowl becomes a hub for sex trafficking actually makes sex workers vulnerable to police harassment, arrests, sex worker advocates believe

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$140M in grants for city sustainability programs at risk from Trump cuts: The Office of Resilience and Sustainability says that 97% of its 2025 budget is made up of federal funds that are threatened by spending cuts in Washington. Read More: https://buff.ly/40Z62W1

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Jasmine Robinson is Verite’s newest reporter, covering the cultural economy. https://buff.ly/3ECB4f5

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New Orleans’ big push to restore trees lost to Katrina derailed by Trump spending freeze Read More: https://buff.ly/3EzUNvT

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This is the children’s money’: Mayor, council at impasse over $20M schools settlement: Read More: https://buff.ly/4jXN3nq

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Art Neville helped create the sounds of New Orleans Read More: https://buff.ly/3EA2nGL

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How will Trump budget cuts affect red states like Louisiana? Read More: https://buff.ly/40RDcHd

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Jon Batiste’s reimagined Super Bowl anthem highlighted wife’s painting and set stage for new music Via: @APNews.com Read More: https://buff.ly/42Qv6Bo

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Art Neville formed the Meters in New Orleans in 1965. The funk band would exist in many incarnations into the 2010s.

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This week’s heightened security measures in preparation for Super Bowl LIX have led to a host of headaches for service workers, street performers and unhoused people in New Orleans in the days leading up to the game.

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An influential Louisiana lawmaker will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes if voters approve a state constitutional amendment next month. via @lailluminator.com

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New Orleans Improvement League emerged after NAACP ban Read More:

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When the Super Bowl kicks off at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome on Sunday, football fans won’t be allowed to bring coolers into the nearby French Quarter. Guns, however, can be carried freely, both openly and concealed. via @thetrace.org

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Immigrants sue ICE over alleged ‘Russian Detention & Deterrence Scheme’ Attorneys representing nearly 300 people in immigration detention claim ICE is illegally targeting people from post-Soviet countries for prolonged detention.

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Days before Super Bowl, University Medical Center nurses go on two-day strike

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Black sugar cane cutters in Louisiana went on strike in 1887. White planters retaliated — with deadly force. Read more: https://buff.ly/4gpLL1D

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