Plus monopoly, the true story of greed goodness, and americas most iconic game. He was the Ferguson Police chief for five years. Tonight hes out of a job. Chief Thomas Jackson resigned. He was outspoken defending the department in the days after the shooting death of Michael Brown but today at a press conference fergusons mayor made the announcement that chief didnt show up. Randall pinkston is here with that. Randall . John, the events that began with the police chief started when Michael Brown himself was shot and killed in ferguson last summer. Officials seem intent on staying put for a while but that all changed last week where the department of justice finally released a longstanding investigation. Police chief Thomas Jackson is the sixth ferguson, missouri e employee to step down. Ferguson mayor James Knowles announced the departure Late Wednesday afternoon. The city of ferguson and police chief Thomas Jackson have agreed to the Police Chiefs resignation from ferguson. He made no
By Ray Levy Uyeda for Prism.Broadcast version by Alex Gonzalez for Utah News Connection reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration Lola Maldonado grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah’s most populous metro area, nestled into the west side of the Wasatch Mountains, where the range’s highest peak, Mount Nebo, stands nearly 12,000 feet tall. The steep mountains form a canyon below, where Maldonado said particulate matter and air pollutants form a blanket of haze. As the consequences of climate change have ballooned in past decades, air pollution is just one of the downstream effects that Maldonado, 19, and other young Utah residents will be navigating for years to come—unless the government discontinues its support of a fossil fuel-based state economy. On March 15, 2022, Maldonado and six other young people sued the state of Utah for denying their state constitutional right to life by politically and economically sup
A West Dallas neighborhood, citing decades of air and noise pollution, wants an asphalt shingle plant to abandon its decades-old location - but foot-dragging and bureaucracy is stalling a timely exit agreement. In mid-2022, roofing manufacturer GAF announced plans to close its shingles factory - located in a predominantly working-class Latino neighborhood, labeled Dallas most polluted ZIP code in a study by Paul Quinn College. Since then, GAF has filed for city rezoning, which if approved, would allow it to stay until 2029. .
A national group says it wants to reclaim the significance of Cinco de Mayo, the anniversary of Mexico s victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The win for Mexico secured its rights to its own land, water and culture. Olivia Juarez - Public Lands program director for the group GreenLatinos - said, through a "Take Back Cinco de Mayo" campaign, they want people to recognize the holiday as a day of action for cultural and environmental defense. .