Articles tagged with "massachusetts"

Gov. Charlie Baker has picked five people to serve on a Cannabis Advisory Board that will help guide regulators enforce cannabis laws.

Gov. Charlie Baker signed a sweeping cannabis bill into law, marking a milestone in a battle that began when voters approved adult-use legalization in November.

Legislators nearly killed the best parts of the state’s legalization law. Then local activists stepped to help create a gold-standard set of regulations.

A top Senate Republican and some outside lawyers worry a key provision in the measure could be unconstitutional.

In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind ruling, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that employees can’t be fired simply for using medical cannabis.

Lawmakers also compromised on the dispute over local control of cannabis shops.

House and Senate negotiators struck a cautious tone Monday as they resumed negotiations over legislation that would overhaul the state’s voter-approved law.

Who let the skunks out? Suddenly the scent of cannabis is all over the city. Here’s how to handle it, Beantown.

Speaker Robert DeLeo is asking House members working to negotiate a compromise to suspend talks until a final state budget is sent to the governor’s desk.

Talks between the House and Senate over a compromise marijuana law appeared stalled Friday, even as lawmakers faced a self-imposed deadline for delivering a bill to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk.