We can expect an announcement today from Republican Senator John Kennedy on whether he’ll challenge Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards in the 2019 governor’s race. Baton Rouge Republican businessman Eddie Rispone is the lone announced challenger and La-Politics-dot-com publisher Jeremy Alford says campaign spending should easily top 20-million dollars…
cut 8 (10) “…election cycle”

For the first time in the 125-year history of LSU Football, the Tigers will play in the Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Arizona on New Year’s Day and they’ll face UCF, who has won 25 in a row. Coach Ed Orgeron says his team deserved to play in a New Year’s Six Bowl game
Cut 13 (11) “…well deserved.”
The Tigers will be without star cornerback Greedy Williams, who has announced he’s turning pro.

A White House Report on global climate change says weather events like the 2016 south Louisiana flood will become more likely in the future due the changing climate. The report goes on to say the Earth’s climate is changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily as a result of human activities.

A Fort Polk interior designer and military spouse joined 150 other volunteers in decorating the White House for Christmas. Amy Hirata was one of the seven-thousand applicants . Hirata says her team was put to work getting ornaments ready to hang.
Cut 4 (10) “ornaments″
She says the design was created in part by the First Lady, and she describes it as a traditional Christmas theme full of reds, golds, and greens and each room highlights some of the best aspects of American life.