Episode Details

On today's show, Newell addresses Mayor Cantrell pushing to continue New Orleans' massive Joint Infrastructure Recovery Request (JIRR) projects despite no FEMA funding extension. Then, Newell has on Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana Billy Nungesser to give a preview of Louisiana's participation in the Rose Parade and his take on ICE enforcement across the state and in the New Orleans area, Kristi App, Chief Commercial Officer at the Port of New Orleans, to share her commercial vision for Port NOLA, the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), customer relationships and market expansion, and Port NOLA’s role in the regional and national economy, Cenzo Caronna, Entrepreneur in Residence & STartUP Northshore Program Manager from St. Tammany Economic Development Corporation, to talk specifically about the Nspire Startup Slam pitch competition taking place on January 8 as well as engage in a larger conversation about the entrepreneurial ecosystem on the Northshore, and Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, to talk about the latest local crime news.