But just a few hours earlier, the scene was very different. A second night of unrest gripped the city. As protesters angry over the death of Keith Lamont Scott vented their rage scott was shot tuesday police say he brandished a weapon but his family says he was reading a book in his vehicle. Amid the unrest wednesday evening, north carolinas governor declared a state of emergency and said hed deploy both the National Guard and the state Highway Patrol to charlotte. One person was shot by another civilian, according to authorities, and is in the hospital on life support. Several Police Officers were injured. Journalists were caught up in the chaos. nats Boris Sanchez gassed one reporter was knocked to the ground by a passing man. nats ed lavendera knocked over the police line in an effort to maintain peace. And there were those who tried to calm the tensions. Toussaint Romain public defender im trying to prevent people from being hurt, my brothers are out here too theyre trying to do it
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council last week preliminarily approved 11 department budgets in under 90 minutes on the first day of fiscal year 2025 hearings. Mayor Peter Marchetti has.
Ward 2 Councilor Charles Kronick objects to budget on Wednesday and voted against all but three department budgets. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council preliminarily.
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The City Council on Tuesday spent four hours beginning its review of the city's $172 million budget, preliminarily passing nine departments' spending plans as.
Human Resources The budget of $218,982 is $17,277 more than the previous year and is attributed to salary increases. Ward 1 Councilor Helen Moon asked the Director of Huma Resources Michael Taylor why there is a line item for Diversity and Inclusion when the city is implementing a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department. Taylor said there will still be an element of DEI that falls under his department despite the new office. We re still going to work very collaboratively with this new office, whether it s on recruitment and retention efforts, or it s on professional development, he explained. And instituting the recommendations on that DEI group had a pretty heavy professional development component and training requirement, not just for city employees, also city boards, commissions, elected officials and so forth.