The Renaming Committee for NOLA Public Schools has proposed three names to replace Robert Mills Lusher for the building that houses Lusher Charter School’s elementary grades. The renaming effort by the Orleans Parish School Board and NOLA-PS applies to the buildings only, not the school programs. According to NOLA-PS, the OPSB only has the authority […]
A Gisborne district councillor has questioned whether writing off more than $770,000 in unpaid rates can be avoided.
If rates have gone unpaid for six years, during which time collection through the court system is unsuccessful, the council must write it off as bad debt .
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If rates have gone unpaid for six years, during which time collection through the court system is unsuccessful, the council must write it off as bad debt .
Councils are legally barred from starting court action to collect payments beyond that six-year mark.
Unpaid rates from the 2015/16 year totalled $773,000 and will be written off in the 2020/21 year.
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MADISON, Wis. In the year since George Floyd’s death, people across the country have called for changes to police practices and more oversight of police departments.
Madison is no different, with a number of changes coming to the city’s police department and past actions under review. Here is a look at what’s changed in Madison since May 25, 2020.
Proposals introduced to ban use of tear gas and projectile crowd-control measures
As peaceful protests gave way to unrest in downtown Madison in the days following Floyd’s death last summer, authorities were seen on video using tear gas and other projectiles in an attempt to disperse crowds, often leading to people throwing the canisters back in the direction of police. Authorities did acknowledge using chemical agents on the crowds in the early days of protests and unrest, but did hold off while largely standing back and observing protests later in the summer.