Smashing Boxes: What Durham's Smashing Boxes gets for bringing 85 jobs to New Orleans

The paperwork is in and the state of Louisiana has put its official stamp of approval on an incentive package aimed at luring a Durham company's expansion to New Orleans. According to public records released by Louisiana Economic Development, both the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Economic Development and the Office of Entertainment Industry Development have certified that Smashing Boxes' planned expansion is a "state-certified production." While this isn't a guarantee of tax...