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This hour, Newell is joined by Andreanecia Morris, Executive Director of HousingNOLA, to talk about a multimillion-dollar shortfall in a city fund, created two years ago to provide gap financing for affordable housing, that could delay high-priority developments around New Orleans. Then, Ryan Mattingly, Executive Director, Louisiana Green Corps, joins the show to elaborate on their mission to ensure that the emerging green jobs in our region are filled by residents

This month marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina’s initial impact on our region, the event that catalyzed Louisiana Green Corps’ work. It is the mission of Louisiana Green Corps to ensure that the emerging green jobs in our region are filled by residents who not only have the most to contribute but also the most to gain. Ryan Mattingly, Executive Director, Louisiana Green Corps., joins Newell to elaborate more on their mission.

A multimillion-dollar shortfall in a city fund, created two years ago to provide gap financing for affordable housing, could delay high-priority developments around New Orleans, the city’s top housing official said. Andreanecia Morris, Executive Director of HousingNOLA, joins Newell to explain what's going on.

This hour, Newell has on Ronal Serpas, Professor of Practice in the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola & former NOPD Chief, to discuss President Donald Trump deploying the National Guard to Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump deploys the National Guard to Washington, DC, as he announces a crackdown on crime and homelessness in the city. Ronal Serpas, Professor of Practice in the Department of Criminal Justice at Loyola & former NOPD Chief, joins Newell to determine if this move is necessary.

On today's show, Newell asks if the City of New Orleans is collecting the sales tax revenue it's actually owed and if the quality of life in New Orleans is worth that tax expense.

Then, Newell has on

Mike Hoss, Voice of the New Orleans Saints, to review the Saints' first 2025 preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers,

Patrick G. Eddington, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, to talk about the potential of the FBI getting involved in Texas's political redistricting squabble,

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

This hour, Newell is joined by Guy Williams, President of the Gulf Coast Bank & Trust, to discuss what's happening to the US labor market, the divergence between US Central Bank rates and the rest of the world, how the New York economy affects elections and the national Democrat party, and the new fake jury duty scam.

This hour, Newell has on Mike Hoss, Voice of the New Orleans Saints, to review the Saints first 2025 preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Then, Patrick G. Eddington, Senior Fellow at the CATO Institute, joins the show to talk about the potential of the FBI is getting involved in Texas's political redistricting squabble.

Patrick G. Eddington, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute, joins Newell to talk about his latest article, “America’s Not-So-Secret Secret Police.” The decision by Democrats in the Texas state legislature to leave the state in an attempt to derail a very public gerrymandering effort by Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, is strictly a state matter, not a federal one. The FBI has no legal basis to be involved in this political conflict. But apparently as of midafternoon on August 7, 2025, that is irrelevant to FBI Director Kash Patel and presumably his boss, Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Mike Hoss, Voice of the New Orleans Saints, joins Newell to review the Saints' first 2025 preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers.