Tag: Marijuana
Baker administration estimates vaping ban costing stores up to $8M in...
PROVIDENCE – A three-month ban on retail nicotine and marijuana vaping products in Massachusetts has the potential to cost private businesses $7 million to...
Was Gov. Gina M. Raimondo right to file a lawsuit to...
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Oct. 22 filed a lawsuit in Superior Court challenging the need for legislative approval of marijuana and hemp regulations.
The...
Union gets toehold in R.I.’s marijuana industry
THE NASCENT CANNABIS INDUSTRY in Rhode Island is expanding quickly and attracting the attention of a national union best known for organizing supermarket workers.
The...
Raimondo, GA leaders must stop sniping, find common ground
The fractured working relationship between Gov. Gina M. Raimondo and legislative leaders from her own party in the Democrat-controlled General Assembly is again on...
Raimondo sues over marijuana regulatory power; GA signals it was already...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Oct. 22 filed a lawsuit in Superior Court that argues against a provision of the fiscal 2020...
Raimondo sues over marijuana regulatory power; GA signals it was already...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Gina M. Raimondo on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in Superior Court that argues against a provision of the fiscal 2020 budget...
BayCoast accepts marijuana-industry deposits
Legalizing marijuana is one thing, banking on it is another. At least one bank in the area, however, is venturing into those waters –...
Marijuana businesses need banks
BayCoast Bank is setting a much-needed standard locally with its public acceptance of deposits from businesses in the burgeoning marijuana industry.
The Swansea-based bank has...
Correia’s former chief of staff indicted on extortion charges
FALL RIVER – Genoveva Andrade, the former chief of staff to Mayor Jasiel F. Correia II, was indicted Sept. 19 on six federal charges,...
Nova Farms marijuana licenses suspended; principal investigated for drug violations
ATTLEBORO – The Cannabis Control Commission has halted all medical and recreational cannabis operations of Nova Farms LLC after learning of pending criminal charges...













