With the decline in diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, any hope of exporting Louisiana goods is shrinking. A year ago, Governor John Bel Edwards and Ag Commissioner Mike Strain led a delegation from Louisiana to Cuba to strength the relationship. But now the U.S has ordered Cuban diplomats out of their embassy in Washington….:
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Strain says if the trade embargo with Cuba is lifted it could mean a loss of millions of dollars for the state and the ag industry.

After suffering the program’s first loss against a team from the Sun Belt Conference, the LSU Tigers bounced back with a 17-16 win victory over Florida in the Swamp. Head Coach Ed Orgeron says his team would not be denied…:
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LSU will play Auburn in Tiger Stadium at 2:30 on Saturday.

Governor John Bel Edwards says Louisiana largely avoided any damage from Hurricane Nate over the weekend, as the system is labeled the fastest moving storm in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Weather Service said Nate’s movement at 28 mph over a 12-hour period Saturday, sets a new Gulf record for speed of a storm. The storm made landfall along the Mississippi coast, but Edwards said a shift of a mere 50 miles to the West would have brought damaging winds and life-threatening storm surges to the state.

Former Governor Buddy Roemer has released a memoir, published by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press, about his early life in north Louisiana. Roemer was Governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992. He says he decided to get into politics in his preteen years after practicing his public speaking while working in the cotton fields…:
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Roemer suffered from a stroke in 2014.