Newell Normand

State Representative Kirk Talbot joins Newell to discuss what to expect from the regular legislative session in Baton Rouge and What can actually be accomplished.

This hour, Newell speaks with Ghassan Korban, Director of New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board about his thoughts on Gov. Landry forming a Sewerage & Water Board Taskforce. Then, State Representative Kirk Talbot come on to discuss what to expect from the regular legislative session in Baton Rouge.  

After hearing from members of Gov. Landry’s Sewerage & Water Board Taskforce about the woes of the embattled public utility, Director of the Sewerage & Water Board, Ghassan Korban, joins Newell to share his thoughts on the addition oversight.

This hour, Newell speaks with Dr. Raynard Sanders, Executive Director and co-founder of The Claiborne Avenue History Project, about a multi-platform documentary project that will collect and curate the history about North Claiborne Avenue. Then, Heather MacDonald, Manhattan Institute scholar, joins the show to talk about the impact of the California Racial Justice Act.

A 2020 law called the “California Racial Justice Act,” let's every felon serving time in the state’s prisons and jails to retroactively challenge their conviction and sentencing on the ground of systemic bias. If they can demonstrate that in the past, criminal suspects of their race were arrested, prosecuted or sentenced more often or more severely than members of other racial groups, they'll be entitled to a new trial or sentence.

Dr. Raynard Sanders, Executive Director and co-founder of The Claiborne Avenue History Project "The Claiborne Avenue History Project” (CAHP), a multi-platform documentary project that collects and curates history about North Claiborne Avenue focusing on civil rights, culture, and commerce from the Avenue’s heyday in the early 20th century, through its demise with the 1966-69 construction of the I-10 highway, and into North Claiborne today. This project places North Claiborne Avenue within its historical context as a commercial and cultural center for the African American community.

This hour, Newell speaks with St. Tammany Parish Councilmember Joe Impastato about the sex offender group homes discovered in Lacombe. Then, Mark Hamrick, Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Economic Analyst for Bankrate.com, comes on to talk about what's to expect from the May jobs report.

Newell reacts to President Joe Biden apologizing for calling Laken Riley's killer an "illegal" during his State of the Union speech. 

The JOLTS report was released last week, while the May jobs report will be released on Friday, June 2, with the weekly unemployment figures to be released a day earlier. Mark Hamrick, Washington Bureau Chief and Senior Economic Analyst for Bankrate.com joins Newell to talk about what to expect from the jobs the report, what the Fed is doing, and the steps you can take to weather the storm.

Last week, a convicted sex offender was killed by his victim while, according to St. Tammany Parish deputies, he tried to assault a woman at a Lacombe laundromat last weekend. Nicholas Tranchant, 40, the alleged attempted rapist, had previous convictions. Upon his release, Tranchant lived at a transitional housing facility in Lacombe. This facility is just one of many in the small town. Now it’s being discovered that there are more than 100 sex offenders registered within just a 2-mile radius of Tranchant's listed address. St. Tammany Parish Council member Joe Impastato joins Newell to discuss the Lacombe community and it’s high concentration of sex offenders.

This hours, Newell speaks with Guy Williams, President of Gulf Coast Bank and Trust, about what the latest jobs report reveals, the economic issues and factual errors in President Biden's State of the Union address, Sen. Katie Britts SOTU rebuttal, the possibility of banning TikTok, and Wendy's backpedaling from surge pricing. 

Guy Williams, President of Gulf Coast Bank and Trust, joins Newell to discuss the the economic issues and factual errors in President Biden's State of the Union Address. 

This hours, Newell speaks with Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, about Orleans DA’s Office scoring a great win in convicting Tyrone Steele of 4 counts of 1st degree murder, the impact that dwindling resources has on felony drug arrests and convictions, and DA Jason Williams reaction to the Metropolitan Crime Commission's “District Attorney Arrest-to-Conviction” report. 

Rafael Goynehce response to DA Jason Williams reaction to the Metropolitan Crime Commission's “District Attorney Arrest-to-Conviction” report. 

"Stone-cold killer" Tyrone Steele was convicted of 4 counts of 1st degree murder by the Orleans District Attorney’s Office. Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, joins Newell to talk about this victory scored by the DA's office. 

This hours, Newell explains why the Senate border bill is a hard bill. Then, Roy Glapion, Advisor to the Governor’s New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board Taskforce, comes on to try to explain why so few of the city’s 72,000 catch basics been cleaned. 

Roy Glapion, Advisor to the Governor’s New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board Taskforce, joins Newell to try to explain why so few of the city’s 72,000 catch basics been cleaned. 

Newell goes through the Senate border bill and points out the overlooked parts in the bill that suggest that this proposal will do nothing to secure the border to the extent that it's needed, and support for the bill is just smoke and mirrors to give the illusion that Democrats are trying to get tough on the border. 

This hour, Newell speak with Ron Faucheaux, Political Analyst & publisher of "Lunchtime Politics", to review President Biden's State of the Union Address. Then, Paul Rainwater, Chair of Gov. Landry’s Sewerage & Water Board Task Force, come on to discuss what might be done about the utility.

A newly formed task force expected to address ongoing concerns with the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board met Thursday afternoon at University Medical Center. The task force is comprised of 14 people from across Louisiana, chosen by Gov. Jeff Landry. Chair of the Task Force, Paul Rainwater, joins Newell to talk about Thursday’s meeting and what might be done about the embattled utility.