Nathan Rizzuti

6 days ago | audacy.com | Nathan Rizzuti

"I'm here to tell you, Newell, I'm never gonna sign off on a $75-million contract that I don't think is above board. And if this is the route they want to take - as much as the city complains about state intervention - cutting off trash pickup in the Quarter is inviting state intervention."JP Morrell joined the Newell Normand Show to discuss a message he feels he must get across to New Orleans residents: Troy Henry's 'contract' is not yet approved.

1 week ago | audacy.com | Nathan Rizzuti

"The governor's probably more than mad at me, but I have been trying to have a conversation with him. I've used every channel - formal channels, informal channels - and it hasn't taken place," says Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple on WWL First News with Tommy Tucker. Governor Jeff Landry recently announced plans to combat high insurance rates during Louisiana's current legislative session. It's welcome news, as Louisiana insurance full coverage rates rank as the nation's highest.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Nathan Rizzuti

Acy Cooper, President of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, joined the Newell Normand Show to explain how Louisiana shrimpers are applauding Trump's tariffs (most of which have been put on a 90-day pause), hoping they'll level the playing field with foreign shrimp exporters who cut corners to keep costs down. An average of 94% of seafood consumed in the United States is imported from other countries.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Nathan Rizzuti

Predicting individual behavior is incredibly difficult. Groups, on the other hand, are easier to predict. Religion is one of those identifying group factors pollsters often use to predict political outcomes. A few researchers from Notre Dame are using religious statistics as a way to explain how we've deepened political divides. The aptly named Geoffrey Layman has a book out titled The Great Divide.

2 weeks ago | audacy.com | Newell Normand |Nathan Rizzuti

"In the 1970s, most of the US population expressed a great deal of trust in mass media...Now only about ⅓ of Americans feel that way," explains Marc Ehrhardt, president of the New Orleans-based communications enterprise, The Ehrhardt Group. Ehrhardt joined the show to discuss something we all feel, but don't often talk about: We, the American people, are drowning in information.