17:30 Newscast, November 16,2015

According to numbers from the Secretary of State’s office, the number of early votes for Saturday’s runoff elections was up 16 percent from the primary. Ed Cervenak, director of the UNO Survey Research Center, says based on those numbers, the electorate seems to favor Edwards…:
CUT 6 (11) “registered Republicans.”

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.The poll, which was conducted November 14th-16th, also shows Republican Billy Nungesser leading Democrat Kip Holden by 11 points in the Lt. Governor’s race, with 21% undecided. Couvillion says Holden has not done a lot of television advertising..:
cut 13 (06) “result”

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) hopes people will take advantage of this amnesty period because state law dictates another one cannot be offered for at least 10 years…
Cut 11 (10) “than 2025″

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 ugly 47-14 loss to Washington. Payton was asked about Ryan’s status at a news conference this morning…
CUT 3 (06) “absolutely”
Payton did hint that some changes are on the horizon.