The letter of the law: More than 650 Louisiana justices of the peace and constables are expected to attend the attorney general’s annual training conference Tuesday through Friday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Baton Rouge. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says the coursework is designed to provide officials with the latest information affecting their jurisdictions and responsibilities.
Down by the waterfront docks: Construction on Bossier City’s newest riverboat casino is under way. Casino developer William Trotter tells The (Shreveport) Times crews should finish the dirt work in three months, and construction on the hotel and casino barge will begin. Instead of physically being set in the Red River, Trotter says, Margaritaville’s riverboat casino will sit on a football field-size swimming pool containing water pumped from the river. In August, the state gaming control board gave Bossier Casino Venture the green light to purchase Isle of Capri’s Grand Palais Riverboat Inc. and transfer its gaming license to Bossier City. Bossier Casino Venture plans to sell the riverboat—currently docked near Lake Charles—and build a new barge at the casino site near the Louisiana Boardwalk.
Long-distance operator: Struggling cell phone maker Nokia Corp. has unveiled two new handsets that it hopes will revive its fortunes at the start of the world’s largest mobile phone trade show today. Chief executive Stephen Elop tells reporters at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that the new phones—which cost about $250 and run on Windows software—demonstrate “the actions necessary to improve the fortunes of Nokia.” Learn more about the phones and the trade show in the full story from The Associated Press here.
