David Parker on decision to defer winter grazing regulations
17 Mar, 2021 03:30 AM
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The Country
The Government has delayed bringing in regulations to control intensive winter grazing after pressure from the farming industry.
The regulations to improve waterways and animal welfare were supposed to come into effect from May, but the government has deferred it until 2022.
Minister for the Environment David Parker spoke to The Country s Jamie Mackay about the decision and what it means for farmers over the next 12 months.
Jamie Mackay: David Parker I do appreciate your time here on The Country and I do give you a bit of stick but congratulations for deferring these intensive winter grazing regulations for a year and taking a bit more time to get this right. Good afternoon.
Birmingham mask mandate extended until May 24
Birmingham City Council votes to extend citywide mask ordinance By WBRC Staff | March 15, 2021 at 9:55 PM CDT - Updated April 6 at 7:17 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - While the state may be moving on from a mask mandate, the city of Birmingham voted to do the opposite.
The city instituted the mask-mandate on May 1st last year, and with a ‘yes’ vote Tuesday, the mask mandate now goes through May 24, 2021.
While Governor Kay Ivey said the statewide mask mandate will expire April 9, the City of Birmingham voted to extend the citywide mandate citing the health of neighbors and people who visit Birmingham.
Domestic abuse victims await family justice center
AMANDA ZHOU, The Charlotte Observer
March 14, 2021
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Audra Toussaint knows the Mecklenburg County Courthouse so well she could give tours. But she didn’t come to know the courthouse as a lawyer or a judge or even as a bailiff.
She came to know the courthouse as a survivor of domestic abuse.
In the past seven years, 52-year-old Toussaint has taught herself to navigate the ins and outs of the legal system to keep herself and her daughter safe from her abuser. She’s renewed a restraining order against her abuser multiple times, filed motions on her own and appeared before a magistrate at least 10 times. She’s even picked up on the temperament of some of the judges.
Birmingham City Council president says they will vote on extending mask mandate
Vote on extending mask mandate By WBRC Staff | March 13, 2021 at 9:58 AM CST - Updated March 13 at 10:02 AM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham City Council President William Parker told WBRC, during an interview, that the Birmingham City Council will vote on April 6th to possibly extend the mask mandate in the city of Birmingham past the Governor’s order that ends April 9th.
Parker made the announcement at the opening of a new COVID-19 vaccine site in North Birmingham at the Alabama Regional Medical Services on Saturday morning.
He tells WBRC he feels “very confident” that there will be a mask ordinance for Birmingham.