Episode Details

On today's show, Newell addresses the Housing Authority of New Orleans officially commissioning a forensic audit to investigate the management of the Guste Homes public housing development following the discovery of a $1.5 million outstanding water bill owed to the Sewerage and Water Board. Then, Newell has on Jose Bautista, Professor of Economics at Xavier, to break down the tariffs and economic strategy outlined in the President’s State of the Union Address, Michael Hecht, President & CEO of GNO Inc., to talk about Gov. Jeff Landry and economic development leaders announced a $12 billion Amazon Web Services investment to build two AI data centers in Caddo and Bossier parishes, Patrick Norton, Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Tulane University, to discuss the newly renovated labs on Tulane’s downtown campus, a $35 million upgrade adding 40,000 square feet of modern research and collaboration space, Mike Busada, Attorney for Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority, to talk about what 3 Amazon AI data centers planned for north Louisiana mean for jobs and economic development, and Ron Faucheux, political analyst & publisher of "Lunchtime Politics," to share his key takeaways from the State of the Union.