WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

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WWL First News with Tommy Tucker episodes

May 21, 2025 Insurance and tort reform are two big issues for Louisiana businesses
We check in with Will Green with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry about how the legislative session has been going and what he wants to see happen to help our economy.
8 min
May 21, 2025 How much help did the inmates get from others?
We bring you the latest on the prison escape with WWL Louisiana investigative reporter Mike Perlstein.
12 min
May 21, 2025 A Big Beautiful Bill and funding education for kids: 6am hour
* How tough of a job does House Speaker Mike Johnson have trying to wrangle the different blocs of the Republican Party?
* Why early childhood education is so important for everybody
23 min
May 21, 2025 Just how important is funding early education for EVERYBODY in Louisiana?
We talk with Libbie Sonnier with the Louisiana Policy Institute for Children about the importance of funding child care, pre-K programs, and early education in general
11 min
May 21, 2025 How difficult is it for GOP leaders to get the party on the same page?
How tough of a job does House Speaker Mike Johnson have trying to wrangle the different blocs of the Republican Party?
Tommy talks with Robert Hogan, Professor and Department Chair of Political Science at LSU
12 min
May 20, 2025 Latest on the prison break and the aftermath, prostate cancer, and tariff impacts: Full Show 5-20-25
* Former Sheriff Marlin Gusman on the failures that led to the prison escape
* State Rep Aimee Adatto Freeman: Sheriff Hutson needs to resign
* What you need to know about prostate cancer, detection, and treatment
* Trump is threatening Walmart to not raise prices because of tariffs
* The sheriff has a tendency to blame others instead of looking inward
* Everything you need to know about sunburn and sunscreen
1 hr 41 min
May 20, 2025 Marlin Gusman on the prison break and a doctor on prostate cancer: 9am hour
* We talk with former Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman to get his reaction to what happened and how the jail works.
* President Biden was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
35 min
May 20, 2025 What you need to know about prostate cancer, detection, and treatment
President Biden was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
We spend some time with Dr. Lucio Miele from LSU Health New Orleans about we know about prostate cancer, treatments, and how it can be caught.
10 min
May 20, 2025 Former Sheriff Marlin Gusman on the failures that led to the prison escape
We talk with former Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman to get his reaction to what happened and how the jail works.
25 min
May 20, 2025 Calls for audits, resignations in aftermath of the prison escape: 8am hour
* New Orleans representative Jason Hughes is one of several leaders calling for an audit of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office after the massive escape on Friday.
* Another New Orleans representative, Aimee Adatto Freeman, is calling on Sheriff Hutson to resign. We’ll talk with her about why.
21 min