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Questions Linger in Wake of Williamstown Cannabis Panel Discussion

MMP News AuthorDecember 4, 2020

Williamstown’s Planning Board and Ag Commission are considering how to account for hoop houses, as seen here in a photo of Big Foot Farm, in a proposed cannabis-production bylaw. WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Planning Board heard a lot of talk Wednesday at its panel discussion on cannabis about the ... Read More

Williamstown Planning Board Hosts Wednesday Panel Discussion on Cannabis

MMP News AuthorDecember 2, 2020

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The town’s effort to reach a consensus on regulations for cannabis production continues Wednesday evening with a panel discussion hosted by the Planning Board. As part of the board’s yearlong effort to develop a zoning bylaw amendment that might pass at ... Read More

State panel calls for not prosecuting possession of small amounts of marijuana

MMP News AuthorNovember 18, 2020

By Matthew Burns, WRAL.com senior producer/politics editor Raleigh, N.C. — A panel appointed by Gov. Roy Cooper called Wednesday for decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying arrests for such crimes disproportionately affect Black residents. The North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice, which is chaired ... Read More

Gov. Phil Murphy Names Head Of Cannabis Panel To Set Up Legal Weed In New Jersey

MMP News AuthorNovember 7, 2020

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday named his associate counsel to lead the commission that will oversee the state’s new recreational marijuana marketplace. Dianna Houenou, who serves as legal counsel to Murphy’s administration, will chair the Cannabis Regulatory Commission. Before working in Murphy’s administration, Houenou ... Read More

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy names head of cannabis panel to set up legal weed

MMP News AuthorNovember 6, 2020

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday named his associate counsel to lead the commission that will oversee the state’s new recreational marijuana marketplace. Dianna Houenou, who serves as legal counsel to Murphy’s administration, will chair the Cannabis Regulatory Commission. Before working in Murphy’s administration, Houenou was ... Read More

Murphy names head of cannabis panel to set up legal weed

MMP News AuthorNovember 6, 2020

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) – New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday named his associate counsel to lead the commission that will oversee the state’s new recreational marijuana marketplace. Dianna Houenou, who serves as legal counsel to Murphy’s administration, will chair the Cannabis Regulatory Commission. Before working in Murphy’s administration, Houenou ... Read More