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[UPDATE: WE GOT IT!] WHERE IS THE CONTRACT FOR MASSACHUSETTS’ VACCINE APPOINTMENT SOFTWARE?

Written by POLINA WHITEHOUSE Posted February 22, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Following the publication of this article on Monday morning, a state media relations person finally sent us the contract we requested on Feb. 9.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Commonwealth, coronavirus, COVID-19, distribution, Massachusetts, Pandemic Democracy Project, PrepMod, software, vaccine

CONDOS AND CANNABIS: THE PARALLEL CHALLENGES OF RAISING CAPITAL IN THE MARIJUANA MARKET

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted January 15, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo

Over the last 6 months, raising capital in the cannabis market has been a lot like raising capital to buy condos during the depths of the recession.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, business, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, investments, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, municipalities, Talking Joints Memo, weed

WHAT ABOUT THE CHILDREN? AS LEGAL CANNABIS HAS ROLLED OUT, WE HEAR THE BATTLE CRY AGAIN… AND AGAIN…

Written by PETER C. BERNARD Posted January 1, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

Retailers should not be allowed to be within 2,000 feet of a playground, daycare, school, place of worship, or statue of any historical figure.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, Cumberland Farms, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, municipalities, Talking Joints Memo, weed

THE CHILL ZONE: CUMBERLAND FARMS COULD BLOW UP THE MASS CANNABIS MARKET IN 2020

Written by DAVID RABINOVITZ Posted December 27, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo

With its massive network, Cumberland Farms apparently wants to sell more alcoholic beverages and has successfully placed a question on the 2020 ballot that could lift the state’s cap on the number of liquor licenses that can be owned by a single retailer, and also forge a new class of beer and wine license for food stores

Filed Under: COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, Cumberland Farms, Marijuana, Mass, Massachusetts, municipalities, Talking Joints Memo, weed

THE FIGHT FOR ANTI-HATE CRIME EDUCATION FUNDING IN MASS IS AN UPHILL BATTLE

Written by Posted December 19, 2019 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“You see what’s going on nationally and what’s going on in our schools,” Moore said. “We have to try to be corrective about this.”

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: anti-Semitism, arlington, Beacon Hill, Commonwealth, hate, hate crimes, HULL, newton, Se. Michael Moore, Trump, Weston Middle School

CONSULTANTS TOLD STATE POLICE HOW TO AVOID TURMOIL. THE DEPARTMENT IGNORED THE ADVICE AND SPENT THE FOLLOWING DECADES SPIRALING TOWARD CORRUPTION.

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 10, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

From several dozen troopers facing criminal charges in an expansive payroll fiasco, to drunk-driving drill instructors and other one-offs, the follies continue.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #mapoli, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, BPD, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, criminal justice, Cultural Diagnostic of the Massachusetts State Police, Dana Pullman, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Linder & Associates, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, MDC Police, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reporting, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, SPAM, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Team Reporting Tagged With: AG, Virginia

THERE’S MUCH MORE TO THE MASS STATE POLICE SCANDAL THAN IS BEING REPORTED

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted August 21, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

After SPAM received the full payment, its then-treasurer told investigators that Pullman demanded a check for $250,000 for Lynch Associates, pounding the table and yelling “Stop breaking my f**cking balls and give me the check!” when the treasurer questioned him.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Axon, Beacon Hill, Boston Globe, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, contacts and contracts, Deval Patrick, Ed Markey, Emerson, emerson college, Engagement Lab, Environmental Police, feature, features, Fire Sale, firearms, GOAL, gun control, gun dealers, gun laws, gun licenses, guns, Healey, history, Journalism, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, licenses, licensing, Maine, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass, Mass Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Tasers, massacres, Michael Dukakis, MSP, MuckRock, National Rifle Association, Newtown, NRA, OCPF, ONA, Online News Association, OSD, Parkland, Paul Cellucci, pistols, Police, police militarization, reports, Republicans, Robert DeLeo, school shootings, Smith & Wesson, state police, statistics, straw purchasing, stun guns, Taser, Tasers, Virginia, wbur

HOW INEVITABLE IS THE BLACK MARKET FOR CANNABIS DRINKS IN THE COMMONWEALTH?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted April 3, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

Because of the current state law, such beverages can’t be sold at rec dispensaries, and won’t be available any time soon.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: 5 percent, beverages, cannabis, CCC, Commonwealth, Drinks, five percent, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, thc, weed

FROM TRICK FLAMES TO ORGANIC GAMES, EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW WE LEARNED AT NECANN

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 30, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo

Here are some quick notes on some of the great initiatives and products we encountered, along with tidbits on what we learned from our interaction with their spokespeople and owners.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: Bob Fireman, business, cannabis, Commonwealth, hemp, MariMed, Mass, Massachusetts, medical marijuana, MMA, providence, Purient, Rhode Island, Secure Energy, Sili Gloves, Vermont Pre-Rolls, weed

CT HIGH COURT RULING OPENS UP MASS GUN SELLER TO SANDY HOOK LAWSUIT

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 19, 2019 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

It could be years before the Newtown case works its way up through the Supreme Court of the United States, where it is inevitably headed. In the meantime, DigBoston and BINJ will continue to report on the firearm economy in Mass and to identify the politicians, including Baker, who speak out against harm while accepting money from gun dealers and distributors.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, AMMO, attorney general, Camfour, Charlie Baker, Coakley, CommBuys, Commonwealth, Ed Markey, Environmental Police, firearms, GOAL, gun control, guns, Healey, Jurek Brothers, karyn polito, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Mass State Police, Massachusetts, MSP, NRA, OCPF, OSD, Parkland, Picknelly, Sandy Hook, state police

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