Voters hurt prisoners and some workers, helped other workers, and legalized drugs and gambling
REFERENDUM ROUNDUP
Written by TADHG LARABEE, POLINA WHITEHOUSE, AND MARIE UNGAR Filed Under: Analysis, Election, News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS, Politics
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REFERENDUM ROUNDUP
HOW TO GET MY SUPPORT: THE SCRAMBLE FOR BLACK VOTES NEEDS TO ADDRESS ISSUES THAT MATTER TO US
Although most African Americans are Democrats today, our disaffection from the GOP only led us to FDR’s Democratic party after Republicans reneged on their formerly strong civil rights plank.
SOMERVILLE LICENSING COMMISSION WAIVES APPLICATION FEES FOR CANNABIS DISPENSARIES
As the licensing approval process in some towns and cities has been compared to both ransom and extortion, this week the Somerville Licensing Commission, in what appears to be a statewide first, passed a measure to sidestep at least some of the insanity that hopeful legal weed growers and sellers face in Mass.
PETITION BS: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO BAY STATE REPEAL?
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Back in October 2015, still a month away from the deadline for submitting Bay State Repeal’s signed petitions to the cities and towns of Massachusetts for certification, Steve Epstein was optimistic. BSR’s “Petition B,” which ...
