Tag: Marijuana
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...
A wise pause on marijuana legalization
The state-by-state march toward marijuana legalization has run into a wall in two left-leaning states. Faced with objections from parents, teachers, police and others...
Raimondo: A ‘partner with business’
You could say Gov. Gina M. Raimondo is a pragmatist. The way she puts it, she’s not trying to change the world so much...
‘We’re not going to stop [legal pot]’
Amid the rolling fields and wooded hills outside Worcester, Mass., people park their cars in a dirt lot then take a shuttle bus to...