WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Tommy and Mark Hamrick, Bankrate senior economic analyst, talk about a new jobs report and how party politics often affects how people feel about the economy.

* Jason Williams with the latest on the jail break and remaining fugitives

* The legislature needss to focus on real issues, like insurance

* How LSU rallied to beat Little Rock, advance to the Super Regional

* Tim Temple says insurance reforms passed are starting to work

* Violent crime in New Orleans has been trending down

* If the New Orleans mayoral election were today, there'd be a clear winner

* District Attorney Jason Williams on the jail break and what’s been a promising year so far when it comes to violent crime.

* Breaking down a new survey out on how New Orleanians feel about our leaders and where things stand with the mayoral and sheriff’s races.

Louisiana pollster John Couvillon has a new survey out on how New Orleanians feel about our leaders and where things stand with the mayoral and sheriff’s races.

He breaks it all down for us.

We check back in with District Attorney Jason Williams about the jail break and what’s been a promising year so far when it comes to violent crime.

* We check in with Democratic State Representative Matt Willard for his take on how the session is going and what he’d like to see in the remaining days.

* 1,522 bridges in Louisiana were rated as being in “poor condition.” That’s 12% of the bridges in the state.

1,522 bridges in Louisiana were rated as being in “poor condition.” That’s 12% of the bridges in the state.

We break down the report with Norma Jean Mattei, Professor of Engineering at UNO, past president of the American Society of Civil Engineers

We get an update on the stuck garbage truck with Scott Boyle, District Engineer Administrator for the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development

Checking in with Democratic State Representative Matt Willard for his take on how the session is going and what he’d like to see in the remaining days.

* We’ll talk with Commissioner Tim Temple about what he thinks of the insurance-related bills that have advanced and go over what you need to know for hurricane season

* Talking with Republican State Senator Pat Connick about the fees on the Belle Chasse bridge, insurance, the session, and more.