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IN BATTLING EVICTION, A MATRIARCH REVEALS CRUELTY OF HOUSING IN MASS

Written by DIEGO MARCANO Posted March 11, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES

STATE HOUSE PROTEST

“We wrote our own tenant protection act, which has been filed. It would expand the voucher program to everyone who is over the age of 75. The state would guarantee, no matter what happens with rent, you’d be able to pay your rent and stay home.”

Filed Under: FEATURES Tagged With: #mapoli, Beacon Hill, Boston, features, Housing, news

NONI GOLDMAN OF FOUR TREES PUSHES FOR SOCIAL CONSUMPTION IN HOLYOKE

Written by MIKE CRAWFORD Posted March 3, 2020 Filed Under: Talking Joints Memo

Noni Goldman got into the cannabis industry in 2016 with a 50,000-square-foot greenhouse. With a background in supply chain management and agriculture, she says it “seemed like a cool thing to look into,” but “coming from a conservative family, it was definitely ...  read more

Filed Under: Talking Joints Memo Tagged With: #mapoli, cannabis, Cannabis Control Commission, CCC, economic empowerment, Holyoke, Marijuana, microbusiness, social consumption, social equity, Talking Joints Memo, western Mass, Young Jurks

AG’S OFFICE BLOCKS ACCOUNTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHIELDS BAD ACTORS

Written by MAYA SHAFFER Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now records we have received from Healey’s shed light on why her office may be avoiding the issue—her office is also guilty of the same kind of questionable social media management.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, AG, attorney general, Chick-fil-A, Chicopee, criminal justice, Critical MA, Facebook, FOIA, Healey, LGBTQ, Massachusetts, Police, public information, public records, Shoestring, social media, Twitter, western Mass

JIMMY TINGLE’S 20/20 VISION: CAMBRIDGE LEGEND EXPLAINS WHY A COMEDIAN WOULD RUN FOR OFFICE

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 26, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy

He speaks in three-word messages: Build the wall, drain the swamp, lock her up. We have our own three words—feed the hungry. House the homeless. Heal the sick, healthcare is a human right. And welcome the stranger.

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy Tagged With: #mapoli, 20/20 Vision, Cambridge, Jimmy Tingle, Massachusetts, Politics, Trump

KENNEDY IS YOUNGER THAN MARKEY. WHAT ELSE?

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted February 25, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS

The first debate, for me, didn’t demonstrate a compelling reason to replace Markey—to swap an older straight white male for a younger one.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, Debate, Ed Markey, JKIII, Joe Kennedy, Politics, senate, Senate Race, WGBH

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

SLOW NEWS NEVER: HOW TO FOLLOW AND CONSUME (MORE) LOCAL NEWS IN GREATER BOSTON IN 2020

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 13, 2020 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS

I want to revisit the extent to which you, DigBoston readers, can help us in the reporting and also the news dissemination process.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Media Farm, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #mapoli, BINJ, Boston, Dorchester Reporter, El Planeta, local media, Massachusetts, media, Sampan, universal hub

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

READER INPUT: WHAT’S WRONG WITH BOSTON?

Written by DIG STAFF Posted December 26, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

We were happy to receive several dozen responses—many of which echoed each other, one of which was a poem, and some of which hit on subjects that we don’t think or write about enough around here.

Filed Under: FEATURES, LIFESTYLE, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #ArtsMatter, #mapoli, Art, arts, Cambridge, Housing, MBTA, Music, SOMERVILLE, transit, What's Wrong With Boston, WWWB

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