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Drugs, cash, cars and a firearm seized after warrants
Police have seized drugs, cash, cars and a firearm after executing a number of warrants today.
Officers from Fawkner Divisional Response Unit, with the assistance of members from Critical Incident Response Team, Melton Crime Investigation Unit and Australian Federal Police executed warrants in Thomastown, Heidelberg Heights, Lalor, Aintree and Bundoora as part of an investigation into drug trafficking in the local area.
Police seized over $160,000 in cash, a handgun, a Lamborghini, a BMW, a Mercedes AMG, over 1.5 kilograms of methyl-amphetamine, 350 grams of amphetamine, watches worth $30,000 and $40,000 in designer clothing.
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Those against the bill argued it would take away their right to choose. Author: Gaby Molina Updated: 9:25 PM EST February 16, 2021
HARTFORD, Connecticut The public health committee is hearing testimony Tuesday, on a bill that would remove the religious exemption for vaccines for children attending school. S.B. 568 An Act Eliminating the Nonmedical Exemption to the Immunization Requirement would only allow for medical exemptions if passed. The public hearing is being held virtually and has a limit of 24 hours.
Those against the bill argued it would take away their right to choose. One size does not fit all. My body my choice means my body choice. That falls and carries over to my child, my choice, said Melissa Sullivan, who testified in front of the committee.
Legislators hear testimony on proposals to eliminate religious vaccine exemption
Hearing is expected to run 24 hours
A public hearing on the religious exemption bill last year drew crowds to the state Capitol and ran for more than 21 hours. This year’s hearing is expected to last 24 hours.
Tensions flared Tuesday as parents, educators, and others testified for and against bills that would remove Connecticut’s religious exemption from mandatory school vaccinations.
Nearly 2,000 people signed up to speak at a public hearing that began at 9 a.m. and is expected to run no more than 24 hours. Leaders of the Public Health Committee imposed the time restriction, saying that if everyone who signed up to testify were permitted to speak, the hearing would last for days. Each speaker was limited to three minutes.
Published February 17. 2021 1:07AM
By SUSAN HAIGH, Associated Press
Nearly 2,000 members of the public were signed up to testify at Tuesday s unprecedented 24-hour, virtual legislative hearing on two contentious bills that would eliminate the state’s religious exemption from certain vaccinations for schoolchildren.
The arguments were similar to previous years, when opponents to the legislation packed the halls of the state Capitol complex in Hartford and waited hours to testify in person, many with their children in tow. Parents concerned about the safety of vaccines argued that stripping the exemption would infringe on their religious and parental rights, as well as their child s right to a public education.