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Massachusetts announces end of facial recognition requirement for unemployment insurance

The Massachusetts Department of Unemployment Assistance announced Feb. 23 that it would suspend the use of facial recognition technology through ID.me as a way for unemployment insurance claimants to verify their identities. The department cited decreased claim volumes as the basis for the decision.

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For whom the bell rolls: Paul Revere chime returning home

A bronze bell cast in 1834 in Paul Revere’s Massachusetts foundry is coming home

The Independent UK

How a nondescript box has been saving lives during the pandemic – and revealing the power of grassroots innovation

One afternoon, a dozen Arizona State University students gathered to spend the morning cutting cardboard, taping fans and assembling filters in an effort to build 125 portable air purifiers for local schools. That same morning, staff members at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles were setting up 20 homemade purifiers…

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Casella Waste Systems Acquires Northstar Pulp And Paper For Undisclosed Sum

Casella Waste Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CWST) has acquired the assets of Northstar Pulp & Paper Co., Inc., Northstar Disposal Corp., and certain real estate holdings. Deal terms were not disclosed. Northstar is a resource management company in Springfield, Massachusetts, focused on recycling processing, brokerage services, and collection across the northeast for industrial, institutional, and…

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Mark Z. Barabak: Harsh words for Putin and Republican crackpots turn Mitt Romney into a truth-teller

Mitt Romney has been several things in his political career. The socially moderate governor of Massachusetts. The "severely conservative" 2012 GOP nominee for president. The adopted son of Utah, the state he represents in the United States Senate.

Los Angeles Times

VIDEO: Truck Driver Survives Crash Impact And Drop From Overpass Into Charles River

The truck was transporting U.S. mail.

Zenger

No Pretrial Appeal for Massachusetts Judge Who Allegedly Helped an Arrestee Evade Immigration Officials

From U.S. v. Joseph, decided today by the First Circuit (Judge William Kayatta, joined by Judges Sandra Lynch and Rogeriee Thompson): These appeals concern the pending federal prosecution of Massachusetts state district court judge Shelley Joseph and her courtroom deputy Wesley MacGregor for actions that allegedly interfered with the enforcement…

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MIT severs ties with Russian school after Ukraine invasion

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is severing ties with a research university it helped establish in Russia, citing the country’s “unacceptable” invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Subaru buyers in Massachusetts caught in right-to-repair fight over its cars

The legal battle in that state mirrors a nationwide fight over who has the ‘right to repair’ increasingly complex electronic products — from iPhones and tractors to cars.

Chicago Sun-Times

Subaru picks a right-to-repair fight over auto wireless data

Driving a rugged Subaru through snowy weather is a rite of passage for some New Englanders, whose region is a top market for the Japanese automaker

The Independent UK

Jushi To Launch Various Cannabis Brands And Products In Massachusetts

Jushi Holdings Inc. (CSE:JUSH) (OTCQX: JUSHF) is launching a series of branded cannabis products in Massachusetts, beginning with the debut of its flower brands, The Bank and Sèchè.

Benzinga

Final Version of The Irrepressible Myth of Jacobson v. Massachusetts Published

As the pandemic (hopefully) draws to a close, the validity of vaccine mandates and other public health measures remain.

Reason

State and Local Tap: Early voting begins in Texas

Our weekly summary of state & local news highlights the start of Texas’ early voting and an update on redistricting. Read all about it in this week’s edition of the State & Local Tap.

Ballotpedia

TILT To Distribute Cannabis Brand 'Toast,' Product Rollout Starts In Massachusetts

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Want better child care? Invest in entrepreneurial training for child care workers

Christine Heer – a veteran preschool teacher – had long harbored a passion to run a nature-based preschool. So in 2015 she opened Sprouts Farm and Forest Kindergarten in central Massachusetts.

Benzinga

Lantern Expands Cannabis Delivery In Massachusetts To South Shore

Cannabis e-commerce marketplace and home delivery platform Lantern plans to expand its delivery zone to Massachusetts' South Shore in partnership with economic empowerment retail and delivery licensee South Shore Buds, and adult-use retail dispensary Health Circle.

Reason

Speech-Based Expulsion from Private Club Doesn't Violate Massachusetts Civil Rights Act

From yesterday's Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell (D. Mass.) in Koppel v. Moses: [According to the Complaint,] Koppel and Moses at one point were friends and fellow MIT graduate students. Both belonged to a student-run computer science club called the Student Information Processing Board ("SIPB"), which Moses…

The Times of India

Tricity doctor to attend US conference

CHANDIGARH: Tricity dermatologist and dermato-laser surgeon Dr Vikas Sharma, chief consultant, National Skin Hospital, Mansa Devi Complex will attend the American Academy of Dermatology conference at Boston, Massachusetts from March 25 to 29.

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Sexy Valentine's Day: A Hot Cannabis Gift Guide

Whether you’re in love with someone or just want to show yourself some love this Valentine’s Day, Alice Moon’s Valentine’s Day Cannabis Gift Guide has a recommendation to suit every person’s burning desires.

France 24

New York, Massachusetts ease mask mandates as leaders seek ‘normalcy’

The governors of New York and Massachusetts announced on Wednesday that they would end certain mask mandates in their states, joining a growing list of US state leaders planning to lift face-covering rules as the latest Covid-19 surge eases.

Benzinga

TILT Holdings To Purchase Taunton, Massachusetts-Based Facility For $13M

TILT Holdings Inc. (NEO: TILT) (OTCQX: TLLTF) has signed a definitive agreement to exercise its purchase option for ownership of its Taunton, Massachusetts facility for a purchase price of approximately $13 million.

Daily Mirror

Family's heartbreak as sweet and kind girl, 7, 'dies from Covid complications'

Cassidy Baracka, seven, died on January 18 as her community of Groton in Massachusetts have come together to honour her by decorating the neighbourhood with pink ribbons tied to letterboxes and trees

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: These pundits and pols say they're 'done with COVID.' But COVID's not done with us

At a certain level, it's understandable that nearly two years of pandemic-related restrictions have people fed up and desperate to get back to some semblance of normal life.

Salon

"Test-to-stay" program possible solution

Without clear federal guidance, many parents with young kids in childcare are stuck in a loop of Covid quarantines

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jennifer Garner Celebrated as Hasty Pudding’s Woman of Year

"Alias" actor Jennifer Garner is being celebrated for her star power both on- and off-screen. Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals is parading Garner through the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday afternoon before roasting her as the troupe's 2022 Woman of the Year. Hasty Pudding organizers said they chose Garner…

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