WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

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WWL First News with Tommy Tucker episodes

April 30, 2025 Former councilmember Cyndi Nguyen on her personal story, experiences of the Vietnamese-American community in Louisiana
It’s the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. We talk with Cyndi Nguyen about it and the Vietnamese-American community in our area.
10 min
April 30, 2025 A doctor's eye-opening experience testifying in Baton Rouge about a smoking bill
We talk with Dr. Stephen Kantrow from LSU Health New Orleans about his work treating smokers and vapers and his experience at the state Capitol last week when he testified at a hearing.
10 min
April 30, 2025 Sewerage and Water Board and declining TOPS rates: 7am hour
* Joe Giarrusso on street flooding and the new head of the Sewerage and Water Board
* Fewer Louisiana students are getting TOPS scholarships. We check in with Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, the Commissioner of Higher Education, about what can be done to reverse this trend.
20 min
April 30, 2025 Fewer LA students are getting TOPS scholarships. Why?
Fewer Louisiana students are getting TOPS scholarships.
We check in with Dr. Kim Hunter Reed, the Commissioner of Higher Education, about what can be done to reverse this trend.
8 min
April 30, 2025 Joe Giarrusso on street flooding, whether new Sewerage & Water Board director is the right person
Tommy talks with New Orleans Councilmember Joe Giarrusso about the Sewerage and Water Board
12 min
April 30, 2025 Economic concerns and explaining a tax vote: 6am hour
* We break down a new report on job openings and look ahead to what we might see from the April jobs report coming later this week with Mark Hamrick from Bankrate
* Signs saying “No New Taxes” and calling for New Orleans residents to vote against a tax renewal have been popping up around the city...but they’re inaccurate.
21 min
April 30, 2025 Explaining what the OPSO tax renewal is really about
Signs saying “No New Taxes” and calling for New Orleans residents to vote against a tax renewal have been popping up around the city...but they’re inaccurate.
Tommy talks with Rebecca Mowbray and Nate Pabon-Trinidad from the Bureau of Government Research.
8 min
April 30, 2025 Consumer sentiment is dropping, and prices keep going up
Tommy talks with Mark Hamrick, Bankrate senior economic analyst, about how the economy is doing...and how people are feeling about the economy.
14 min
April 29, 2025 Derek Carr speaks publicly, French Quarter sanitation saga, and Mid-Barataria halt: Full Show 4-29-25
* What Derek Carr said about his shoulder injury
* The latest on what's going on with the Mid-Barataria project
* How are voters feeling about the first 100 days of the second Trump term?
* How big of a problem is student absenteeism in Louisiana schools?
* Examining the Saints draft class
* JP Morrell on the French Quarter sanitation saga
1 hr 38 min
April 29, 2025 Derek Carr, Saints draft, and being more grateful: 9am hour
* We take another look at the Saints draft class and all the undrafted free agents they’ve signed. Who could play right away? What grade would you give them?
* Do you ever stop and try to appreciate the positive – big or small – in your life? We’ll get some tips on how to be more grateful and experience more joy
27 min