Full Show 8/13/2026: AG Liz Murrill is justified in her quest to discover what factors led to her now dropped federal indictment

On today's show, Newell reacts to an editorial from The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate arguing that grand jurors should not be subjected to legal threats or intimidation following their involvement in the criminal indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill. Then, Newell has on Woodward Design & Build CEO Paul Flower to discuss demolition officially began on the long-vacant, Katrina-damaged Lindy Boggs Medical Center, Raymond Duplessis, Dean of Science, Technology, Engineering & Math at Delgado Community College, to discuss local industries facing critical worker shortages and new innovation districts opening across New Orleans, Tommy Faucheux, President of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association, to talk about twelve energy companies putting nearly $100 million on the line in the latest Big Beautiful Gulf lease sale, covering over 330,000 acres in the Gulf of America, and Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, to dive into the high-stakes election battles on the Criminal District Court bench following state seat eliminations, take a hard look at Sheriff Michelle Woodfork’s turbulent first 100 days tackling jail security, budget cuts, and consent decree compliance, and dissect the shocking arrest of an NOPD officer charged with over $111,000 in payroll fraud.