WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a huge case about coastal damages in Louisiana. We’ll explain what’s going on and what’s at stake with Loyola law professor Dane Ciolino.

Public meetings on the CPRA's Annual Plan are going on this week and you can weigh in. We'll get the details from Simone Maloz, campaign director for Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

Helena Moreno is officially the mayor of New Orleans. We’ll talk with our news director Dave Cohen about what it was like at the Saenger, how her inauguration compared to previous ones, and what the big challenges facing her administration are

The last long-term farm bill expired in 2023, and Congress has been scrambling to pass smaller ones on a year to year basis. What kind of impact has that had on farmers and agriculture in the US?

Christopher Neubert, Deputy Director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems and Research Associate Professor at Arizona State, joins us.

Louisiana’s oil and gas industry, particularly all our refineries, could benefit from Venezuelan crude oil. We’ll explain how things could work out with Eric Smith, Professor at Tulane's Institute of Energy.

Flu cases remain high in Louisiana, with most cases coming from a variant called Subclade K. We talk with Dr. Fred Lopez, Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases at LSU Health New Orleans, about the super flu that’s been surging around the world.

Could the Trump administration intervene militarily in Iran? What would that look like? What would it mean for the Middle East? We’ll break it down with Bruce Jentleson, a Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University.

What’s the state of affordable housing in our area right now? What can leaders do to help make sure the people who make New Orleans what it is aren’t priced out?

Andreanecia Morris, President and Chair of the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance (GNOHA), joins us.

If you love the rain and thunderstorms, the National Weather Service will train you to be a volunteeer weather spotter. We'll get the details from Christopher Bannon, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

LSU got their quarterback! Who is Sam Leavitt? What about how the rest of the roster is looking? We break it down with WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo