Full Show 3/4/2026: Minnesota Governor Walz and Attorney General Ellison testify before the House Oversight Committee

On today's show, Newell talks about Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison testifying before the House Oversight Committee regarding a massive fraud scandal involving state-administered federal funds. Then, Newell has on Jordan Adams, Assistant Professor of Geology at the School of STEM for Delgado Community College, and Eboness Williams, Mathematics Department Chair & Professor of Mathematics at the School of STEM, to talk about STEAM Day, Michael Hecht, President & CEO of GNO Inc., to talk about the more than 1,200 business and civic leaders gathering for the sold-out 2026 GNO Inc. Annual Luncheon, Evie Poitevent Sanders, Vice President of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at GNO Inc., and Salem Habte, Workforce & Entrepreneurship Manager at GNO Inc., to talk about Startup NOLA and Startup Noir NOLA events that they’re hosting during NOEW and the Third Coast Venture Summit and to give updates on ongoing GNO Inc. initiatives for startups, and Alice Glenn, New Orleans & Company Executive Vice President, Susan Taylor, the Montine McDaniel Freeman Director of the New Orleans Museum of Art, and Dawn DeDeaux, a multidisciplinary artist with over 40 years working in New Orleans, to talk about Biennale Arte 2026.