Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission doe not uphold Gov. Baker's vaping ban
Medical marijuana users are on track to regain access to vaping products starting next week after the Cannabis Control Commission did not uphold the Baker administration's ban, though that permission...
View ArticleSen. Pacheco calls out colleagues over lack of climate action
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 7, 2019.....The chair of the Senate Global Warming Committee dialed up the pressure on his colleagues on Thursday to act on climate legislation in the next two weeks.While...
View ArticleCCC orders licensees to quarantine vaping products
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 12, 2019.....As the governor's ban on the sale of vaping products lifted at noontime Tuesday for medical marijuana patients, the Cannabis Control Commission stepped in and...
View Article'Conrad's Law' pitched as way to avert tragedies
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 12, 2019.....Massachusetts is one of only eight states without a statute explicitly criminalizing coercion of suicide, a gap that lawmakers hope to close in the wake of...
View ArticleFirefighter remembered as "Hero to his last breath"
The governor and lieutenant governor on Wednesday praised Lt. Jason Menard as a hero, after the Worcester firefighter lost his life in a blaze on Stockholm Street earlier Wednesday morning.Gov. Charlie...
View ArticleCol. Christopher Mason named superintendent of Massachusetts State Police
Gov. Charlie Baker has named Col. Christopher Mason as the next Superintendent of the Massachusetts State Police.Mason graduated from the State Police Academy in October 1993.Prior to being promoted to...
View ArticleHouse votes to make Mass. first to ban menthol cigarettes
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 13, 2019.....The Massachusetts House voted Wednesday to ban the sale of flavored vaping and tobacco products -- including mint and menthol cigarettes -- and to impose an...
View ArticleVote on college screening rules planned in December
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 18, 2019.....State higher education officials need to develop a screening process to identify colleges at risk of closure and a training program for boards of trustees, under...
View ArticleRetailers: Flavor ban hands market to 'criminals and gangs'
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 18, 2019.....As the Senate prepares to pass legislation Wednesday banning flavored tobacco products and taxing vaping products, convenience store owners are making a...
View ArticleMass. senate votes to ban single-use plastic bags
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 20, 2019.....The Massachusetts Senate approved a statewide ban on retail businesses offering single-use plastic bags, but the bill advanced Wednesday night with more dissent...
View ArticleMassachusetts poised to lead states with flavored tobacco ban
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, NOV. 21, 2019.....The sale of all flavored vaping and tobacco products, including mint and menthol, would be banned in Massachusetts, and e-cigarettes would be newly taxed, under a...
View ArticleState Ethics commission says Secretary of State Galvin benefitted from...
Secretary of State William Galvin benefited politically during his re-election campaign from the voter information booklets and early voting signs his office distributed last year, according to the...
View ArticleVape users, businesses rip Gov. Baker's sales ban
BOSTON, NOV. 22, 2019.....Opponents of the Baker administration's temporary ban on all vaping products came out in force Friday to slam the emergency regulation in the only public hearing scheduled on...
View ArticleState fire marshal offers Thanksgiving safety tips
Thanksgiving is number one day for home fires in Massachusetts
View ArticleDearth of jackpots puts drag on lottery sales
BOSTON--Through the first four months of the fiscal year the Massachusetts Lottery is running behind last year's record-setting sales pace by more than $60 million, which the executive director said is...
View ArticleState on target for sizeable share of pot $$$
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 4, 2019.....Massachusetts tax collectors are expecting to haul in between $93 million and $173 million in legal marijuana revenue this current budget year and could collect as...
View ArticleCharlie Baker mystified by other states' responses to vaping illnesses
BOSTON--With his temporary ban on vaping product sales set to end next week when public health officials adopt a new set of vaping rules, Gov. Charlie Baker this week expressed some surprise that other...
View ArticleFire department grants geared toward reducing cancer risk
174 Departments awarded funds for safety gear and gear cleaning machines
View ArticleState rules enable vape product sales to resume
BOSTON, DEC. 11, 2019.....State public health officials acknowledged that they still do not know what is causing lung injuries and illnesses among some people who vape, and reiterated that the products...
View ArticleMarijuana vape sales can resume, CCC declares
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, DEC. 12, 2019.....State marijuana regulators on Thursday eased their ban on vaping product sales, allowing certain types of products to return to store shelves one day after state...
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