Mayor's top aide who oversaw BRAVE program resigns

BATON ROUGE - A top aide of Mayor Sharon Weston Broome who oversaw the BRAVE program has resigned.On Monday, the mayor's office confirmed the resignation of James Gilmore. Gilmore had been in charge of overseeing the BRAVE crime-fighting initiative for the mayor's office.A recent internal report from the mayor's office said $1.6 million in grant funds had been frozen in February because progress reports had not been submitted. After a phone conference between the federal agenc