Illegal and unlicensed vendors are selling their wares all over the city, taking business away from the legitimate businesses that follow the rules. The City of New Orleans is conducting multi-departmental illegal vendor sweeps along the St. Claude corridor. Howie Kaplan, Director of the Office of Nighttime Economy for New Orleans & Owner of Howlin' Wolf joins Newell to talk about it.  

Illegal and unlicensed vendors are selling their wares all over the city, taking business away from the legitimate businesses that follow the rules. The City of New Orleans is conducting multi-departmental illegal vendor sweeps along the St. Claude corridor. Howie Kaplan, Director of the Office of Nighttime Economy for New Orleans &amp; Owner of Howlin' Wolf joins Newell to talk about it.

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New Orleans conducts a sweep of illegal street vendors

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On today's show, guest host Dave Cohen talks to;

JP Morrell, New Orleans City Councilmember

Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission

Mark Johnson, Mayor of Covington

and Alí R. Bustamante, Ph.D., UNO Professor at the Department of Economics & Finance

On today's show, guest host Dave Cohen talks to;
JP Morrell, New Orleans City Councilmember
Rafael Goyeneche, President of the Metropolitan Crime Commission
Mark Johnson, Mayor of Covington
and Alí R. Bustamante, Ph.D., UNO Professor at the Department of Economics &amp; Finance

Mayor Cantrell's legal woes continue to compound (Full Show 7-26-2024)

This hour, guest host Dave Cohen talks to Mayor of Covington, Mark Johnson, about Golf Carts and Low Speed Vehicle Laws in Covington. Then, Alí R. Bustamante, Ph.D., UNO Professor at the Department of Economics & Finance, comes on to discuss the record 4.1 million Americans are set to retire.

This hour, guest host Dave Cohen talks to Mayor of Covington, Mark Johnson, about Golf Carts and Low Speed Vehicle Laws in Covington. Then, Alí R. Bustamante, Ph.D., UNO Professor at the Department of Economics &amp; Finance, comes on to discuss the record 4.1 million Americans are set to retire.

Are golf carts in residential neighborhoods a legitimate safety concern?

A record 4.1 million Americans are set to turn 65 this year and each year through 2027, according to the Alliance for Lifetime Income’s Retirement Income Institute. Although not all of those boomers will hang it up, the surge of freshly minted 65-year-olds – known as "peak 65" – probably will mean record retirements as well. And these record retirements are likely to keep wage and price increases higher than normal over the next few years. So how will this affect the workforce that’s left behind to cover for all these retirees? Gen Z’ers are much smaller group than baby boomers.

A record 4.1 million Americans are set to turn 65 this year and each year through 2027, according to the Alliance for Lifetime Income’s Retirement Income Institute. Although not all of those boomers will hang it up, the surge of freshly minted 65-year-olds – known as "peak 65" – probably will mean record retirements as well. And these record retirements are likely to keep wage and price increases higher than normal over the next few years. So how will this affect the workforce that’s left behind to cover for all these retirees? Gen Z’ers are much smaller group than baby boomers.

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