Amid rumors to the contrary, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton says defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has not been fired. Eric Gill reports…
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JMC Analytics is out with a new survey on Saturday’s runoff elections. Eric Gill takes a look at the results.
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Amid rumors to the contrary, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton says defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has not been fired. Fox Sports reported that sources had informed them that Ryan would be terminated following Sunday’s 47-14 loss to Washington. Payton was asked about Ryan’s status at a press conference this morning…
Payton says rumors like this are just part of the business. Although no personnel moves have been made, Payton hinted that some changes are on the horizon…
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Payton says the subject of Ryan’s dismissal is a subject that hasn’t been discussed, at least as of now. However, NFL analyst Mike Detillier says the time has come for the Saints to let Ryan go…
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According to the Secretary of State’s office, the number of early voters for Saturday’s runoff elections was up 16-percent from the primary. The director of the University of New Orleans Survey Research Center, Ed Chervenak, says based on early voting numbers, the electorate seemed to favor Democrat John Bel Edwards for governor
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Chervenak says when you compare the early voting figures from the primary to the runoff, the was an increase in African-American voters and registered democrats, which would benefit Edwards over his Republican opponent David Vitter
Edwards and Vitter will meet tonight at 6 PM in the final televised debate before election day. Chervenak expects a higher hitting and tough debate…
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The Department of Revenue’s 2015 Louisiana Tax Amnesty period begins today. Over the next 30 days people have the opportunity to bring overdue taxes up to date with lessened interest charges. Deputy Secretary Jarrod Coniglio (ca-nig-lee-oh) this is a prime opportunity for some to get squared away with the revenue department…
The tax amnesty period will run through December 15th. More information is available at ldrtaxamnesty-dot-com. Coniglio says there are incentives for delinquent tax payers to come forward…
During this amnesty period, 33-percent of the penalty and 17-percent of the interest will be waived if 100-percent of the tax debt is paid. Coniglio hopes people will take advantage of this amnesty period because state law dictates another one cannot be offered for at least 10 years…
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The latest JMC Analytics survey on the Louisiana gubernatorial race shows Democrat John Bel Edwards with 51% of the vote, Republican David Vitter with 35% and 13% still say they are undecided. Pollster John Couvillion says the numbers have narrowed slightly from his last poll…:
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The poll, which was conducted November 14th-16th, shows Republican Billy Nungesser leading Democrat Kip Holden by 11 points in the Lt. Governor’s race, with 21% undecided. Couvillion says other Lt. Governor candidates in the primary saw their votes fall to Nungesser in Saturday’s runoff. He also says Holden has not done a lot of television advertising..:
In the Attorney General election, incumbent Buddy Caldwell polled just 25% to fellow GOP opponent Jeff Landry who came out with 46% with the undecideds still at 29%. Couvillion says Landry has substantially outspent Caldwell in advertising. He says it was also a bad sign that the incumbent got just 35% of the vote in the primary…:
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