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MASSACHUSETTS

Staff made ‘several serious allegations’ against top cannabis regulator before her suspension, treasurer says » Boston Globe

In national first, Massachusetts directly funds overdose prevention helpline designed to lessen drug fatalities » WAMC

Frustration Growing With MBTA And Its "Unusual" Issues » State House News Service

“Very disappointed that this is what Democrats would do:” Mass. Teachers Association head hits tax relief package » WAMC

Top Cannabis Regulator O'Brien Sues Treasurer Over Suspension » State House News Service

Boston councilors can’t agree on taking down Mass and Cass tents » Boston Herald

Former Methuen Police Chief, Officer Fountain indicted by statewide grand jury » The Eagle Tribune

Editorial: CCC needs to get its act together » Boston Globe

Education Secretary Tutwiler wants to develop strategy around mental health support in schools » Boston Globe

Rodrigues: Senate Could Take Up Budget Overrides Next Week » State House News Service

THE OTHER 49

NH: The ‘anti woke’ legislation making K-12 teachers in New Hampshire nervous » Boston Globe

CT: To sell cannabis or not to sell cannabis? That’s on the ballot for these CT voters » Hartford Courant

NJ: Bob Menendez still won't resign, as one Democrat weighs expulsion push » Politico

FL: ‘It’s the only thing he’s got left’: DeSantis’ rivals try to turn his Florida record against him » Politico

RI: Another lawsuit targets Rhode Island’s beach access law » Providence Journal

NY: New York City Migrants Worry as Deadlines Approach to Leave Shelters » TIME

IL: Pritzker touts Illinois pot legalization as model for other states » Chicago Sun-Times

MI: Ex-Michigan House speaker sentenced to prison in marijuana bribery scheme » MLive.com

MI: Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig will join GOP primary for US Senate in Michigan, sources tell AP » Boston Globe

FL: Florida Democrats struggle so far to recruit challengers for key 2024 races » Orlando Sentinel

TX: Paxton, Yelp sue each other over crisis pregnancy center descriptions » The Hill

CO: Colorado gun laws taking effect Sunday will require three-day wait, make it easier to sue industry » The Denver Post

CA: California gunmakers fear their ‘expiration date’ in a state that doesn’t want them » Cal Matters

CA: New California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour, among nation’s highest » AP News

CA: Dianne Feinstein, the first woman to represent California in the Senate, dies at 90 » Los Angeles Times

NATIONAL

FTX Chief Once Met With Powell. Now D.C. Crypto Lobbyists Are Struggling. » New York Times

Automakers’ Electric Vehicle Lie » The Lever

Blue cities rethink their embrace of progressive drug policies » Axios

Gifts, Gadgets and Greece: Inside a Huawei Lobbying Campaign » New York Times

Menendez single-handedly blocked a bipartisan effort to strengthen the law regulating foreign influence in Washington » NBC News

Software industry preps for ‘wave’ of AI legislation in states » Pluribus News

Supreme Court to decide landmark Texas, Fla. social media cases and more » Washington Post

House GOP Uses First Impeachment Hearing to Showcase How Flimsy Its Case Is » TIME

Republicans' Own Witnesses Say There's Not Enough Evidence To Impeach Joe Biden » HUFFPOST

Hard-liners plot to replace McCarthy with a deputy as shutdown looms » Washington Post

Alarmed Republicans are preparing to draft Glenn Youngkin » Washington Post

Lawmakers plot McCarthy replacement in case motion to vacate succeeds » Axios

“Treasurer Goldberg has willfully side-stepped both Massachusetts law and any process at all, let alone due process, by removing Chair O’Brien while deceptively attempting to label her action as merely a ‘suspension,’ ” the complaint reads. “The statute enabling the CCC provides Treasurer Goldberg with no authority to ‘suspend’ a commissioner, much less to do so without any process whatsoever.”
Shannon O’Brien, Cannabis Control Commission
O'Brien sued Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg on Thursday, arguing that Goldberg “willfully side-stepped” the law when she suspended her as the commission’s chair earlier this month.