Choosing sides: Baton Rouge mayoral candidate Sharon Weston Broome has been endorsed by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, Broome’s campaign announced today. A news release quotes Edwards as saying he leaned on Broome’s leadership as part of his transition team and that he and Broome would make strong partners for Baton Rouge. The announcement of Edwards’ endorsement follows this morning’s Baton Rouge police union endorsement of mayoral runoff candidate Mack “Bodi” White. Broome, a Democrat, and White, a Republican, will face off in the Dec. 10 runoff election.
Arriving soon: New Orleans-based District Donuts is expanding to Baton Rouge with plans to open its first Capital City location in Towne Center in late spring 2017. District Donuts, formally known as District: Donuts.Sliders.Brew, announced the expansion this past weekend via social media. The company offered few details about the new Baton Rouge location. The doughnut shop is ranked No. 10 on Time Out’s 2016 ranking of the 16 Best Donut Shops in America and has been featured in Southern Living magazine.
Tossed: An Orleans Parish Civil Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenged the city of New Orleans leasing the former World Trade Center at the end of Canal Street, The Associated Press reports. Judge Tiffany Chase’s ruling today clears the way for a Four Seasons hotel developer to move forward with a $360 million renovation of the vacant riverfront tower. Local news outlets report Chase threw out the litigation after no one showed up to represent Two Canal Street Investors Inc., the company that filed the lawsuit in April 2015. The case had been scheduled for trial today. As part of the dismissal, Chase ruled Two Canal Street Investors couldn’t file the case again, although the company has until Dec. 1 to file an appeal of the dismissal.
