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Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple joins Newell to talk about the legislature focusing more on auto insurance than other insurances, auto insurance bills that passed and failed during the session, and recommending a special session specifically for insurance.

This hour, Newell asks why is it so difficult to get a refund on tickets from the cancelled Billy Joel concert and investing in public pools for kids during the summer months. Then, Councilmember Hans Liljeberg joins the show to talk about the upcoming offshore powerboat racing event in Metairie hosted by Powerboat P1.

Are you ready for the P1 Powerboat Grand Prix coming to Jefferson Parish June 27-29th?!?!? It’s the action-packed opener for the P1 Offshore Triple Crown race, involving high-speed excitement and entertainment. After nearly 20 years, the P1 Offshore Grand Prix will be back on Lake Pontchartrain with roaring boats on the water and a festival along the levee. It’s not a race weekend; it’s a celebration of speed, sound, and Southern grit! Councilmember Hans Liljeberg, joins Newell to talk about the event.

President Donald Trump abruptly left the G7 Summit for the situation room amidst the back and forth strikes between Iran and Israel.CBS business analyst Jill Schlisenger said the G7 is a moment where countries try to seal some deals on trade, and it ended with lots of uncertainty on many fronts including Trump’s ever-changig tariff landscape and the sudden emergence of another Middle East conflict. That conflict could start to create inflation and impact oil prices. On Deadline is hosted and produced by Lauren Barry and produced by Christy Strawser

On today's show, Newell addresses the increasingly escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.

Then, Newell has on

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser to talk about some of the upcoming events in Louisiana this summer,

Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), to discuss the overwhelming turnaround of illegal migrants released into the United States last month,

John Sillars, Chief Strategy Officer at the Second Harvest Food Bank, to announce the locations of its Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market in Orleans and Jefferson Parish,

and Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, to talk about the latest in local crime news.

This hour, Newell is joined by Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, to talk about why the approval rate of criminal judges is so low, the NOPD's homicide clearance and solve rates, and Mayor LaToya Cantrell losing her appeal in the Anne Breaud case.

Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, joins Newell to discuss Mayor LaToya Cantrell losing her appeal in the Anne Breaud case.

This hour, Newell has on Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), to discuss the overwhelming turnaround of illegal migrants released into the United States last month. Then, John Sillars, Chief Strategy Officer at the Second Harvest Food Bank, joins the show to announce the locations of its Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market in Orleans and Jefferson Parish.

John Sillars, Chief Strategy Officer at the Second Harvest Food Bank, joins Newell to announce the locations its Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market in Orleans Parish at the Sanchez Multi-Service Center, bringing affordable fresh food directly to the heart of the Lower Ninth Ward, as well as parts of Jefferson Parish.

New Border Patrol data shows not a single illegal migrant was released into the United States last month, signaling an overwhelming turnaround since 62,000 were released into the country under the Biden administration at the same time last year. Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), joins Newell to talk about the cause of the turnaround.