# Hour 2: Senator Cassidy addresses the issues hitting your wallet and your future

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Podcast: [Newell Normand](https://stenobird.com/podcast/newell-normand-2482167)
Published: 2026-09-29T17:01:32+00:00
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## Resource

This hour, Newell has on Bill Cassidy, U.S. Senator for Louisiana, to discuss how new price transparency laws could save you money at the doctor, what it’s going to take to save Social Security, and why Congress must act to protect workers, students, and patient privacy as AI rapidly expands. Then, Stephanie Willis, Director of Public Affairs for Entergy New Orleans, joins the show to discuss the Power to Care program, an essential lifeline providing emergency utility bill assistance to local seniors and residents with disabilities in Orleans Parish. Also, Judge Donald “Chick” Foret has ruled that the leases for a controversial, taxpayer-funded $10.3 million brewpub project in downtown Gretna, Louisiana are unconstitutional. In the ruling, the 24th Judicial District Court found that the agreement between the public benefit corporation, Jefferson Facilities Inc. (JFI), and private entities—including Port Orleans Brewing Co. and Avo Taco—constituted a gratuitous donation of public funds to a private entity, violating state law.

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