BOSTON – In what one observer described as "the eruption, at long last, of the first-ever public debate about marijuana in Massachusetts," advocates for legalizing marijuana retail sales squared off Monday with law enforcement officials and lawmakers who oppose the move.
The Joint Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony on the statutory version (H 3932) of a ballot question advanced by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol to legalize and regulate the sale and use of marijuana that appears poised to go before voters in November.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Alabama's top court went too far when it tried to upend a lesbian mother's adoption of her partner's children.
The justices threw out a ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court in a dispute between two women whose long-term relationship ended bitterly.
