Full Show 1/9/2026: Minnesota Leaders Can't Let a Tragedy Go To Waste to Score Political Points

On today's show, Newell talks about how Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and other political leaders are using the killing of a Minnesota woman by an ICE agent for political clout. Then, Newell has on Fran Phoenix, Communications Strategist at Cleco, to talk about how to apply for corporate giving to support nonprofit organizations, Arthur Hardy, with the Times-Picayune, and editor & publisher of the Mardi Gras Guide, to talk about the 2026 carnival season, Ruth Lawson, President of the Jefferson Chamber, to talk about what they covered at this year’s Jefferson Parish of Commerce 2026 Annual Meeting and what the future of business in Jefferson Parish looks like, Mark Hamrick, Washington Bureau Chief & Senior Economic Analyst at Bankrate.com, to discuss the December 2025 jobs report, and Mark Freie, a reporter for WCCO News Talk 830 in Minneapolis, to give a "boots-on-the-ground" perspective of what the social temperature looks like in the area amidst the killing of a Minnesota woman at the hands of an ICE agent.