In town: President-elect Donald Trump may be stumping in Louisiana for state Treasurer John Kennedy ahead of this weekend’s U.S. Senate election runoff. Sources tell WBRZ that Trump is expected in Baton Rouge on Friday for an event that’s still being planned. WBRZ reports that a venue is being sought for the event. Kennedy, a Republican, is running against Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, a Democrat, to replace Sen. David Vitter, who chose to skip re-election. Louisiana’s U.S. Senate race is the last open seat for a national office. The potential visit could be Trump’s third trip to Baton Rouge in recent months. Read the full story.
Cast your vote: Three local nonprofits are vying for grant awards from The Yelp Foundation, and they each need your help to win. The Louisiana Culinary Institute Foundation, Baton Rouge Youth Coalition and Kids’ Orchestra have been nominated to compete for the grant dollars as part of a #YFGivesLocal campaign in Baton Rouge. The contest launched last week on “Giving Tuesday.” The nonprofits were nominated based on their support of the Yelp Foundation’s mission of supporting local access to information, education, local economic development and freedom of expression, a news release says. Members of the public can vote for the winner online. The top prize is $5,000, the second place award is $3,000, and the third place award is $2,000. Voting is open until Dec. 9. Get more information.
All together: The Supreme Court unanimously sided with smartphone maker Samsung today in its high-profile patent dispute with Apple over design of the iPhone. As The Associated Press reports, the justices say Samsung may not be required to pay all the profits it earned from 11 phone models because the features it copied from the iPhone were only part of Samsung’s devices. Apple had won a $399 million judgment against South Korea-based Samsung for infringing parts of the iPhone’s patented design, but the case now returns to a lower court to decide what Samsung must pay. The case is part of a series of disputes between the technology rivals that began in 2011. Apple accused Samsung of duplicating patented distinctive iPhone features like the flat screen, the rounded rectangular shape of the phone and the layout of icons on the screen. Read the full story.
