11:30 Newscast, October 18th, 2016

Attorney General Jeff Landry is pleased a judge has ruled in his favor in the suit filed by Governor John Bel Edwards. The decision states Landry does not have to sign off on state contracts that contain workplace LGBT anti-discrimination clauses. Landry says this executive order by Edwards is too overreaching…:
CUT 5 (10) “respect that”
The governor’s spokesperson Richard Carbo says the ruling does not impact the merits of the executive order.

With 24 candidates in the US Senate race, it may come as a surprise that many Louisiana voters struggle to name even one. We asked Louisiana residents if they knew any of the two dozen candidates…:
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The US Senate debate airs tonight on LBP beginning at 7pm.

A survey of 800 likely Louisiana voters finds the margin between Presidential candidates Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton is shrinking. Emelie Gunn has more…:
Cut 2 (31) “I’m Emelie Gunn”

FEMA has extended the program for flood survivors that allows them to stay in participating hotels temporarily if they can not return home. The Transitional Sheltering Assistance checkout date is now Friday November 18th. Officials said in the TSA program, there are currently 2,426 households checked into 261 hotels in 9 states.