the ruling didn’t affect many of the Baton Rouge victims of the Ponzi scheme, who are pursuing separate legal remedies, it did cover local contractor Blaine Smith.
An estimated three dozen activists gathered this morning in protest outside the building where the Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry is scheduled to consider requests for some $1.8 billion in corporate tax incentives at its monthly meeting.
After 72 years in business, including 35 years in its current location in the Bocage Village Shopping Center, Jules Madere Jewelers is closing its doors.
The executive director of the Baton Rouge North Economic Development District, Jerry Jones, has resigned to take a position heading up the economic development agency in Richmond, Texas, which is located in the rapidly growing Houston-Sugarland-The Woodlands metropolis.