WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Councilmember Eugene Green joins us to discuss the budge tmess in the city and what we're hearing from Gov. Jeff Landry.

People with some types of cancer are living longer after getting a COVID vaccine.

Dr. Lucio Miele, Director of the LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center, explains what we're learning about this.

* We get the latest on the government shutdown with political scientist David Schultz. Are we any closer to getting it resolved?

* Louisiana lawmakers have a plan to fund SNAP through November.

Louisiana Senate President Cameron Henry discusses three of the hottest topics in Louisiana

We get the latest on the government shutdown with David Schultz, Professor of Political Science at Hamline University. Are we any closer to getting it resolved?

* Who are the early favorites to be the next LSU coach?

* What should we expect from the Saints QBs this week?

* How this scientist is fighting shrimp fraud along the Gulf Coast

* Bill Cassidy blames Democrats for the shutdown, wants to see SNAP funded

* The new Mardi Gras rail service has been a roaring success

* The US is slapping new sanctions on Russian oil. What could this mean for the Louisiana oil and gas industry...and for the prices we pay at the pump?

* We get an update on how things are going in the special session in Baton Rouge

We’ll get an update on how things are going in the special session on redistricting with Jeremy Alford, editor and publisher of LaPolitics Weekly

The US is slapping new sanctions on Russian oil. What could this mean for the Louisiana oil and gas industry...and for the prices we pay at the pump?

Pierre Conner, Executive Director of the Tulane Energy Institute, joins us.

* We continue to talk about LSU’s decision to fire Brian Kelly. Where do the Tigers go from here?

* We take another look back at the Saints loss to the Bucs and start to look ahead to the match-up against the Rams. Who should start at quarterback?