Episode Details

On today's show, Newell shares his thoughts on the Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) offering high school students up to $1,000 for perfect attendance through its popular "Perfect Attendance Pays" initiative and full-time graduate students at Rutgers University-New Brunswick being charged a mandatory $936 per semester in general student fees (totaling $1,872 per academic year) that partially goes to the promotion of a network of identity-based graduate affinity groups, covering categories such as African, Chinese, Latino/a/e/x, BIPOC LGBTQIA2S+, and neurodiverse student communities. Then, Newell has on Ryan Young, Senior Economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, to examine what higher Canadian tariffs could mean for the price of cars, energy, food, and other essentials, Michael Hecht of GNO Inc. to talk about Mayor Helena Moreno's administration launching its New Orleans East Investment and Job Corridors initiative, and more, Susan Bonnett Bourgeois, Secretary of Louisiana Economic Development, to discuss how her team worked directly alongside Governor Jeff Landry and SpaceX leadership to secure the transformational deal for Pecan Island, and City of New Orleans Deputy Mayor & Chief of Staff Kevin Ferguson to discuss how officials are exploring new revenue measures, including a proposed fee structure for parade floats, to help offset municipal expenses that currently outpace tax collections by millions.