BOSTON – Former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, in the news lately for backing Donald Trump's bid for the Republican presidential nomination in New Hampshire, will lend his support Tuesday to Weymouth's Patrick O'Connor in his campaign for the state Senate.
O'Connor, a town councilor in the South Shore city, faces Stephen Gill of Marshfield in an April 12 special election Republican primary, with the winner going up against either Joan Meschino of Hull or Paul Gannon of Hingham, both Democrats, in a May 10 special election to fill the seat long held by Robert Hedlund. Hedlund resigned following his election in November as mayor of Weymouth.
BOSTON – Almost two-thirds of Bay State employers oppose legalizing retail marijuana sales, according to the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, one of the largest business advocacy groups in the region.
Of the employers who responded to the organization's monthly Business Confidence Index Survey, 62 percent said they would vote against a November ballot measure that would call for making sales legal and subject to regulations similar to those used for alcohol, the association announced in a blog post Monday. Just 38 percent said they favored legalization.
