What we know, 10:20pm —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, *and* AG —BIG Dem gains in VA House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —Dems keep PA supreme court —Larry Krasner & Bragg win — GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices —JD Vance’s half-brother loses Cincy —Dems sweep Orlando council —ME anti-mail vote measure loses

Disturbing allegations in this lawsuit. Story by Verite education reporter Safura Syed.

The state of Louisiana, under the direction of Trump-allied Gov. Jeff Landry, is trying to takeover the finances of the city of New Orleans. It's majority-Black, the state's largest city and a Democratic stronghold.

Complaint: Pregnant immigration detainees in Louisiana and Georgia experiencing abuse, neglect Mistreatment of pregnant people in detention facilities has resulted in miscarriage in some cases, civil rights groups allege.

Loss of $120M in expected FEMA funding threatens city’s ability to pay bills, officials say A Cantrell administration official says that FEMA has not been kicking out expected funding because of New Orleans’ status as a ‘sanctuary city’ on immigration. . New Orleans, facing a $160M deficit, may…

Landry warns Louisiana won’t issue SNAP benefits for November if shutdown persists More than 800,000 people in Louisiana receive SNAP benefits.

Wait, I feel like this – reported by Axios! – is kind of a big deal. Apparently, AG Liz Murrill is considering taking over the city of New Orleans' finances ??? www.axios.com/local/new-or...

The Mayor isn't the only city-wide office we vote for in New Orleans. We also vote for two City Council at-large seats. Yet those races have gotten considerably less attention this year. So, we decided to talk to candidates – and dig deeper into their platforms for @veritenews.org. Check 'em out!

Today, Sandra Green Thomas, the chief of staff for Cm Eugene Green, posted a distressing video on TikTok of what appears to be a deceased person outside Duncan Plaza, near City Hall. She blamed the opioid addiction crisis and also Unity of New Orleans.

Challengers look to unseat 3 City Council incumbents JP Morrell, Freddie King and Eugene Green face competition in their reelection bids for New Orleans City Council.

This is what I’ve been reporting on for months. Agencies are taking money and repurposing it against Congressional instructions, and there’s no way to know what they are taking the money from or what they are using it for.

New Orleanians are being priced out of the city. Can the next assessor make a difference? A progressive candidate is challenging longtime Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams for the job.

There's a lot of good attention being paid to the mayoral race. But might I suggest you turn your attention down ballot to another critical citywide race, the assessor's race? My latest feature for @veritenews.org – veritenews.org/2025/09/26/n...

Many people asked and @veritenews.org delivered! Here's a feature the City Assessor's race, featuring: - What the city assessor even does - Why the race is important - Where the top candidates stand on the issues And more, brought to you by @kjfernelius.bsky.social! veritenews.org/2025/09/26/n...

Incumbents don’t show at council forum on Entergy, Delta Utilities regulation JP Morrell, the council utilities chair who is seeking reelection to his at-large seat, said he was concerned that one of the organizers was biased.

Rep. Delisha Boyd’s campaign paid her daughter while she also worked for an outside PAC www.nola.com/gambit/news/...

Second-line clubs say NOPD parading requirements are confusing, restrictive The enforcement crackdown comes shortly before the upcoming 2025-2026 second-line season. A City Council hearing on the issue is set for Thursday (Aug. 7).

Arthur Hunter and Royce Duplessis /think/ they are pulling a Brad Lander and Zohran Mamdani move... I'm not convinced that is what is actually happening though. veritenews.org/2025/08/07/a...

Hear from the candidates: New Orleans City Council at-large New Orleanians will get to cast three votes for the New Orleans City Council: one for who will represent their specific council district and two for at-large seats.

This week, hear from the major at-large candidates for New Orleans City Council. We asked them about affordability, utility regulation, zoning, and much more! veritenews.org/guides/2025-... Next week, we will share the questionnaires from the candidates for the five district seats.

This makes me very sad. My favorite OB/GYN in the city worked at Planned Parenthood. She gave me two IUDs over the years; both times, easy & painless. Planned Parenthood has always been a safe, compassionate place for me & others to receive necessary healthcare. www.nola.com/news/healthc...

Now that Topgolf deal is dead, where does River District stand? River District developers say they’re moving ahead with plans for affordable housing, music museum and more.

This aspiring Louisiana pilot can’t fly with sickle cell disease. So he’s editing his genes. Daniel Cressy will be the first patient in Louisiana to complete the gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease.

The questionnaire responses by our candidates for Sheriff are now posted on the @veritenews.org election guide. I hope they are helpful for #NewOrleans voters in figuring out which candidate will earn their vote. veritenews.org/guides/2025-...

NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson faces five opponents. Here’s what the candidates had to say about how they would address the biggest challenges facing the Sheriff’s Office veritenews.org/guides/2025-...

Support local New Orleans alternative media before it's too late! For years Antigravity, WWOZ and WWNO have served us. Now, they need our help to stay afloat and continue to help our community grow, celebrate our culture and make New Orleans what it is www.nola.com/gambit/comme...

Some interesting factoids from a presentation given by HousingNOLA at today's meeting of the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee. Puts a good punctuation point on our story about folks leaving imo.

The questionnaire responses by our candidates for Sheriff are now posted on the @veritenews.org election guide. I hope they are helpful for #NewOrleans voters in figuring out which candidate will earn their vote. veritenews.org/guides/2025-...

Sobering story. Boils down to this IMO. If I weren't lucky enough to be able to work remote full time...

People are leaving New Orleans. Can a new mayor help bring them back? The city has lost tens of thousands of residents in the past several years. And much of what’s driving them away is well beyond the control of the city’s next mayor.

People are leaving New Orleans. Can the new mayor bring them back? My latest for @veritenews.org – veritenews.org/2025/07/29/n...

They fled violence, sexual assault, and death threats. Now thousands of legal immigrants, many of whom developed deep roots in the US, are at risk of deportation, marking the single largest delegalization campaign in US history.

The law was introduced after sheriff’s Deputy Julio Alvarado failed to write a report about his slamming of a Black woman to the ground in a 2021 viral video, despite a policy that officers document each time they use force. —in partnership with @propublica.org veritenews.org/2025/07/23/l...

1—In 2021, Jefferson Parish Deputy Julio Alvarado was caught on video dragging Shantel Arnold, a Black woman, by her hair and slamming her head into the ground. Four years later, that incident has resulted in a $300,000 settlement and a new police accountability law. THREAD

Rümeysa is one of the kindest, most compassionate people I have ever met. Many of you came to know her first and foremost as an ICE abductee, seized by a state that wanted to strip her of her humanity. I would like for you to know her in her own words, which are resoundingly human.

My husband was curious where Robert Moses was buried, so he found his "Find A Grave" page. Turns out, to this day, people are leaving GIFs and messages to the long-deceased baron of infrastructure 😂 cc: @99pi.org, @romanmars.bsky.social, @elliottkalan.bsky.social

Loved this story from our new reporting fellow Aliana Mediratta – with beautiful photography from our new photographer Christiana Botic! – all about what it would mean to extend the hours of the Algiers-FQ ferry. A super sweet @veritenews.org story: veritenews.org/2025/07/17/c...

Excited to share our 2025 election guide for @veritenews.org. We've been in touch with every candidate for every office in New Orleans. Over the next few weeks, we will be sharing their answers to our questionnaire with you! We also will be sharing voting resources. veritenews.org/guides/2025-...

As hurricane season ramps up, how likely is it that the power will go out in New Orleans? Following the disastrous outage from Hurricane Ida in 2021, Entergy New Orleans has invested in grid hardening, but is it doing enough to prevent the next outage?

How likely is it that the power will go out this year? And what can be done to stop it? I explore these questions — and have fun explaining how parts of the grid work – in my latest story for @veritenews.org – veritenews.org/2025/07/14/n...

"And where there is a Dollar General, there often is little else, which, for certain communities, makes shopping and working there feel less like a choice and more like the only option available." @kjfernelius.bsky.social @oxfordamerican.bsky.social oxfordamerican.org/magazine/iss...

“The complexity of utility regulation is obscuring a transfer of wealth from the general public to shareholders on a vast scale” insideclimatenews.org/news/1506202...

UMC nurses rally against move to terminate prominent union organizer Dozens of unionized nurses at University Medical Center gathered Monday (June 16) to protest an alleged attempt by the hospital to terminate a prominent nurse and union organizer. Mike Robertshaw has been a leading voice in…

for the last 5 years I've thought daily of the solidarity, creativity and care I saw during the 2020 uprisings. I asked @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social, @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social, @deanspade.bsky.social +more what lessons from then we can use now @teenvogue.com

I've had a great week of talking to workers in the South! First, for @veritenews.org, I spoke w/ Black federal workers about the threat that Trump and DOGE pose to public sector work – work that has been key to building the Black middle class, especially in the South. veritenews.org/2025/06/11/f...

When Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs, a move that threw global markets into tumult and caused consternation among many industries, some American shrimpers instead expressed optimism. @kjfernelius.bsky.social reports for @theguardian.com:

“I’ve seen all the progress that was made during my lifetime destroyed in less than one hundred days." @kjfernelius.bsky.social spent time talking with Black federal workers in Louisiana about the impact of Trump's cuts to various agencies for @veritenews.org. veritenews.org/2025/06/11/f...

“For people looking for a new era of labor power… the new status quo might feel like it came from a dollar store: a cheaper, worse version of itself.” Dollar store workers in New Orleans are organizing, @kjfernelius.bsky.social‬ reports: https://shorturl.at/KMjeM Art by Danial Ryan