WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

The partial government shutdown ended last week...now it’s almost time for another partial government shutdown. What?

We’ll explain with Andy Smith, Director of the University New Hampshire Survey Center.

Only 9% of workplaces say they're fully staffed in a recent Robert Half survey. Is that because of AI? And when your doctor uses chat GPT (and he does), what does that mean for the future of medicine? Also, more young people are having heart attacks. Here are the warning signs.

* Lance Moore: Drew Brees was a Hall of Fame QB and person

* What it was like being a political prisoner in Iran

* Which Super Bowl commercials were the big winners and losers?

* Louisiana is working to set benchmark discounts for having a fortified roof

* How do the Saints get back to the Super Bowl?

* Bank On It: What are alternative investments? Are they a hedge or hype?

The Louisiana Department of Insurance is working to set benchmarks for discounts for getting a fortified roof. We’ll get the details from Commissioner Tim Temple.

* Drew Brees is a first ballot Hall of Famer. What was it like playing with him and even catching his passes? We’ll spend a little time with former Saints wide receiver Lance Moore.

* Attorney General Liz Murrill intends to sue New York and California because they’re refusing to extradite doctors who sent abortion pills to Louisiana women. We’ll break down what’s going on

* Let’s Talk Tigers and get an update on LSU women’s basketball, what needs to happen to fix the men’s team, and preview the baseball season, which starts Friday.

* We'll talk about the state's Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign that runs through the rest of Carnival season

* The US and Iran met for talks. We’ll go over what’s at stake, the recent protests in Iran, and what life is like inside the country with Kian Tajbaksh, a professor at NYU who was actually a political prisoner in Iran.

* Bank On It, financial insights you can count on with Jason Shields, the COO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust

* We recap the Super Bowl with Mike Detillier and go over the biggest questions for the Saints as the NFL heads into the offseason.

Drew Brees is a first ballot Hall of Famer. What was it like playing with him and even catching his passes? We spend a little time with former Saints wide receiver Lance Moore talking about Brees, playing in the NFL, and how the Saints look for the future.

The Louisiana Department of Insurance is working to set benchmarks for discounts for getting a fortified roof. We get the details from Commissioner Tim Temple.

Let’s Talk Tigers and get an update on LSU women’s basketball, what needs to happen to fix the men’s team, and preview the baseball season, which starts Friday.

WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo joins us.