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Cannabis Licensing Begins In Detroit & Continues In Massachusetts

The Detroit City Council approved a revised adult-use cannabis ordinance in April after a U.S.

Benzinga

Noah Feldman: Conservative attack on consumer protection wins an illogical victory

Conservatives have never liked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the brainchild of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Now a conservative panel of the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has struck down the CFPB’s rulemaking authority using a novel theory.

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

All candidates for Massachusetts Governor’s Council District 7 complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Massachusetts Governor’s Council District 7 — incumbent Paul DePalo (D) and Gary Galonek (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…

Ballotpedia

Maura Healey, Geoff Diehl meet for final gubernatorial debate

BOSTON — The first question to begin the final televised debate between Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl and Democratic rival Maura Healey had nothing to do with Massachusetts.

Boston Herald

Perla was his boss. He was her ace. Inside the covert op behind DeSantis’ migrant flights

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The final of three cash payments — $700 total — was left under a chunk of broken concrete behind the East Terrell Hills location of a San Antonio barbecue chain.

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Women unleashes swarm of bees on police officers as they enforce eviction notice

When told that some of the officers present were allergic, Rorie Woods, a veteran bee keeper, allegedly told them 'Oh, you’re allergic? Good' in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, in the US

Daily Mirror

Woman charged with sending bee swarm on deputies at eviction

A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple assault and battery charges, accused of releasing a swarm of bees on sheriff’s deputies as they tried to serve an eviction notice

The Independent UK

'Swift-footed lizard' is named the Massachusetts state dinosaur

Podokesaurus holyokensis, which lived millions of years ago in what is now Massachusetts, has been named the state's official dinosaur under legislation signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker.

WEKU

'Swift-footed lizard' named Massachusetts state dinosaur

A “swift-footed lizard” that lived millions of years ago in what's now Massachusetts has been named the state’s official dinosaur

The Independent UK

Woman charged, accused of freeing swarm of bees on deputies

A Massachusetts woman is facing multiple assault and battery charges, accused of releasing a swarm of bees on sheriff’s deputies as they tried to serve an eviction notice

The Independent UK

Activist objects to museum selling toys of Hindu deities

A Hindu rights activist is calling on a Massachusetts museum to stop selling children’s plush toys representing three Hindu deities, which he says are “insensitive.”

The Independent UK

Research: Livers Can Stay Functional For Over 100 years

According to researchers from the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and TransMedics, Andover, Massachusetts, there is a small, but growing, subset of livers that have been transplanted and have a cumulative age of more than 100 years.Read more on Dynamite News:

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Report: Boston Celtics to cut veteran forward Jake Layman

Layman, a local player out of Norwood, Massachusetts who played his NCAA basketball with the University of Maryland, linked up with the team in the hopes of making Boston's regular season roster.

The Independent UK

Migrants flown to Massachusetts certified as crime victims

A Texas sheriff has certified as crime victims 49 migrants flown from San Antonio to Massachusetts

Benzinga

Family Of Late Trulieve Worker Speaks Up To Prevent Similar Tragedies As Company Contests Findings

The family of Lorna McMurrey, who died at a licensed cannabis facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts, spoke to a local NBC station on Thursday.

Ballotpedia

All candidates for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Norfolk District complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

Both of the candidates running in the November 8, 2022, general election for Massachusetts House of Representatives 9th Norfolk District — Kevin Kalkut (D) and Marcus Vaughn (R) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run…

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Bexar County sheriff certifies that migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard are crime victims, clearing path for special visas

The move clears a pathway for those people to get a special visa to stay in the country that they otherwise would not have received.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Treasury Department to investigate Florida’s use of COVID funds for migrant flights

WASHINGTON — A watchdog group with the U.S. Treasury Department plans to examine whether Florida’s state government properly used federal pandemic recovery money in connection to last month’s efforts to relocate migrants, a top official with the agency told the Massachusetts congressional delegation last week.

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis investigated over migrant transfer from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard

Treasury inquiring into whether Florida governor improperly used interest on Covid relief funds to transport people to Massachusetts

The Independent UK

Treasury Department investigating Ron DeSantis political stunt involving migrant flights

The federal government is probing whether the Florida governor improperly used Covid-19 relief money

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Treasury Department to investigate Florida’s use of COVID funds for migrant flights

WASHINGTON — A watchdog group with the U.S. Treasury Department plans to examine whether the Florida government properly used federal pandemic recovery money in connection to last month’s efforts to relocate migrants, a top official with the agency told the Massachusetts congressional delegation last week.

Tribune News Service

Hospitals have been slow to bring on addiction specialists

In December, Marie, who lives in coastal Swampscott, Massachusetts, began having trouble breathing. Three days after Christmas, she woke up gasping for air and dialed 911.

Tribune News Service

Underfunded states to get boost in high-tech research money

WASHINGTON — Two dozen mostly rural states are set to receive a greater share of federal research money from the recently enacted science and technology funding law as lawmakers, experts and researchers push to support talented scientists outside of major research hubs such as those in California, Massachusetts and New…

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