WATCH NOW: Black lawmakers seek bias training for Indiana state representatives
The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus wants all 100 state representatives to participate in implicit bias training following a series of allegedly race-based verbal confrontations between its members and some House Republicans.
House Speaker Todd Huston, R-Fishers, has acknowledged there was inappropriate booing and jeering by a few Republican lawmakers while state Reps. Vernon Smith, D-Gary, and Greg Porter, D-Indianapolis, who both are black, were speaking during House debate Thursday.
The booing spurred many black caucus members and some GOP representatives to exit the temporary House chamber in the Indiana Government Center South building for the hallway where shouting ensued, along with alleged threats of physical violence.
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Doha: The first installation of decorative lighting poles to enhance Doha Corniche will begin in the middle of this year, said Ahmad Al Abdulla, CEO of the Lighting Design Company. Most of the lighting poles to be installed by the middle of this year will be in area of the National Day celebration, he said appreciating the great support and cooperation that private companies have received from the government.
Speaking to Qatar Radio yesterday, Al Abdulla noted that the work will be completed by February next year.
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) recently signed two contracts to provide 2,600 decorative lighting poles to enhance Doha Corniche and Central Doha areas, within the works of the Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar.