The decision on whether to extend, modify, or let expire the enhanced ACA premium tax credits is fast becoming a significant health-care and budget policy battleground. Experts broadly warn that delaying or failing to act will trigger premium spikes and disrupt coverage. At the same time, budget-conscious lawmakers want reforms and cost controls. The resolution (or lack thereof) will have real consequences for millions of Americans. LaToya Nkongolo, Project 21 Ambassador for the National Center for Public Policy Research, joins Newell to unpack it all.

Newell talks about the Archdiocese of New Orleans' bankruptcy case entering its final stages, with a court hearing underway to determine the confirmation of a $230 million settlement plan for hundreds of clergy sexual abuse survivors.

On today's show, Newell talks about the failure of Democrats attempting to blame the government shutdown on Republicans and predicts the Democrats will change their messaging in regard to a cleaned-up Affordable Care Act bill.

Then, Newell has on

Colonel Jeff McCausland, CBS Military Analyst, to give the latest on the Middle East and the Ukraine/Russian conflict,

Jeff Nowak, WWL Saints Sideline Reporter & Digital Content Producer, to recap the New Orleans Saints versus the Carolina Panthers,

Guy Williams, President of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, to discuss the latest political, economic, and financial news.

This hour, Newell is joined by Guy Williams, President of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, to discuss New York's contradiction and NY mayor-elect Mamdani's challenges, the government shutdown and the fallout, and the New Orleans financial crisis and the strategy between the state and the new administration to fix it.

This hour, Newell opens the phone lines and the WWL listeners chime in on the sins of the Cantrell Administration. Then, Newell has on Jeff Nowak, WWL Saints Sideline Reporter & Digital Content Producer, to recap the New Orleans Saints versus the Carolina Panthers.

Jeff Nowak, WWL Saints Sideline Reporter & Digital Content Producer, joins Newell to recap the New Orleans Saints versus the Carolina Panthers.

This hour, Newell talks about the failure of Democrats attempting to blame the government shutdown on Republicans and predicts the Democrats will change their messaging in regard to a cleaned-up Affordable Care Act bill. Then, Colonel Jeff McCausland, CBS Military Analyst, joins the show to give the latest on the Middle East and the Ukraine/Russian conflict.

Colonel Jeff McCausland, CBS Military Analyst, joins Newell to give the latest on the Middle East and the Ukraine/Russian conflict.

Newell talks about the failure of Democrats attempting to blame the government shutdown on Republicans and predicts the Democrats will change their messaging in regard to a cleaned-up Affordable Care Act bill.

On today's show, Newell talks about those honored at the 2025 Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Gala for the University of New Orleans.

Then, Newell has on

JP Morrell, New Orleans City Councilman (At-Large) & City Council President, to talk about a meeting with state leaders seeking a financial lifeline in the form of “bridge funding,”

Michelle Biggs, Vice President of the St. Tammany Chamber of Commerce, to talk about hosting a Civics Bee as part of the United States Chamber of Commerce’s push for civics in every state as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary,

Paul Flower, Managing Member of Mercy Partners, to talk about what may happen with the long-abandoned Lindy Boggs Medical Center if New Orleans voters approve a $500 million bond package on November 15th,

Chris Blair, the Voice of the LSU Tigers, to preview LSU vs. Alabama,

Mike Hoss, Voice of the New Orleans Saints, to preview the Saints vs. the Panthers,

and Melvin Dussel, Dawn Busters Kiwanis Club, Metairie, LA, to talk about Dawn Busters Kiwanis Annual Turkey Fry, known as "the world's largest turkey fry."