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* Louisiana has a new program to try and help businesses deal with worker shortages. We’ll get the details from Susan Schowen, Secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission. * We'll go live to Milan, Italy for an update on the Winter Olympics * We’ll get an update on the Pelicans and how the rest of the season could go post-All Star break with Oleh Kosel, a credentialed NBA writer.

* A great white shark in the Gulf? One recently showed up near the Chandeleur Islands. We’ll talk with Sean Powers from the University of South Alabama about how often they show up around here and what types of sharks we usually see in the Gulf. * We spend some time with Rex and His Queen about what it's like being Mardi Gras royalty

We'll go live to Milan, Italy for an update on the Winter Olympics with CBS correspondent Kelly O'Grady.

* It's Lundi Gras! We'll check in with Arthur Hardy one more time this Carnival season for a Lundi Gras break down. * Bank On It, financial insights you can count on with Jason Shields, the COO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust

* Breaking down how LSU women's basketball lost to South Carolina * NOPD made some changes to their immigration policy recently while Mayor Moreno signed an executive order to prevent agreements with ICE. We’ll try to sort out what’s going on

Louisiana has a new program to try and help businesses deal with worker shortages. We’ll get the details from Suzie Schowen, Secretary of Louisiana Works

We'll spend some time with Rex and His Queen about what it's like being Mardi Gras royalty

A great white shark in the Gulf? One recently showed up near the Chandeleur Islands. We’ll talk with Sean Powers, Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama, about how often they show up around here and what types of sharks we usually see in the Gulf.

Bank On It, financial insights you can count on with Jason Shields, the COO of Gulf Coast Bank & Trust

Lundi Gras! We'll check in with Arthur Hardy one more time this Carnival season for a Lundi Gras break down.

NOPD made some changes to their immigration policy recently while Mayor Moreno signed an executive order to prevent agreements with ICE. We try to sort out what’s going on with Malvern Burnett, an immigration attorney.

Tommy and WWL.com columnist Jeff Palermo break down LSU women's basketball's loss to South Carolina.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you face-planted on an escalator while trying to catch a flight? This week, we’ll look into the data on escalator mishaps with the Dana & Parks podcast out of KMBZ in Kansas City. We’re also going to hear from an expert who spoke to KCBS Radio on the Bay Area about why another location for possible escalator wipeouts – malls – are disappearing all over the country. Another thing that’s disappearing? Sex, according to multiple studies. We’ll hear more about that from Chad Hartman out of WCCO in Minneapolis, as well as a concerning uptick in heart attacks from an expert who spoke to WWJ Newsradio in Detroit.

* Who's rolling, and what they're throwing: final weekend edition * Hail Bacchus! Patrick Warburton shares what it's like being King * Check out these restaurants around the parade routes * Why is 13 considered unlucky? Why are some people superstitious? * There's still time to Adopt a Cop, and help the Mardi Gras helpers! * The Quad God goes for gold: Friday Olympics update

* Where and what to eat around the New Orleans area * How's the weather looking for the rest of Carnival season?