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Tax revenues in California gleaned from legal pot sales are not as high as expected, and one expert claims that burdensome taxes on the growing pot industry are "driving consumers" to the black market where pot is cheap. According to a report by the Associated Press, projected revenues
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A subcommittee of the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission met Wednesday in Boston and is "inching closer" to licensing so-called "cannabis cafes" and home delivery of marijuana, according to an Associated Press report in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. The Public Safety and Community Mitigation Subcommittee'
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Though it's described as "an opportunity for Teens to meet a drag performer in person and ask questions about their art, costuming, makeup," a meet-a-real-drag-queen event designed for teens and offered by the Nashua Public Library has some folks in the city wondering if it is
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A new Massachusetts law that went into effect December 31 prohibits the sale of tobacco and vaping products by pharmacies and health care institutions. According to the Athol Daily News, similar restrictions had already been instituted by "174 cities and towns, including the seven largest cities in the state.
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Maine's new and first-ever female governor, Janet Mills, a Democrat, raised $241,000 for her inauguration, with her biggest donor being a medical marijuana dispensary company. Wellness Connection of Maine, which runs four dispensaries, donated $25,000 to Governor Mills for her inaugural activities, according to a story
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The Bangor Daily News reports that York County Republican state representative Don Marcan "left the Republican Party on Thursday without explaining his decision." Marcan's action reduces the GOP minority in the Maine House of Representatives to 55 in the 151-seat legislature.
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Citing changes in population and the recreational use of federal lands in New Hampshire, the state's four-member congressional delegation has sent a letter to federal agencies requesting they meet with NH Fish & Game (NHF&G) officials to consider ways the feds can compensate the state for
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By all accounts 16-year-old Braxton Morals is a bright young man. Very bright. In May 2019, the Kansas teenager is expected to graduate from Ulysses High School with a high school diploma. Ten days later, he will travel to Cambridge, MA, to turn the tassel with the Class of 2019