AMCC discusses legal challenges, updates medical cannabis licensing rules
Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission Chair Rex Vaughn talks to an AMCC lawyer during a meeting in Montgomery on Dec. 12, 2023. (Alander Rocha/Alabama Reflector) The Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC)…
Where in Vermont did the most rain fall during Wednesday’s storm?
More than 3 inches of rain fell in much of central and northern Vermont late Wednesday and early Thursday as the last gasps of Tropical Storm Beryl moved through the…
Biden camp works to stem growing Democratic unease over reelection prospects
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 31: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his hush-money trial before speaking on the Middle East at…
Ethics laws allow Oregon’s first lady to work in governor’s office, commission says
Gov. Tina Kotek waves to the crowd, along with her wife, Aimee Kotek Wilson, after being sworn into office at the Oregon Capitol in Salem, Ore., Jan. 9, 2023. (Kristyna…
Federal review prompted by NM wildfire warns of staffing shortfalls for future prescribed burns
A firefighter working overnight looks at the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon fire burning in northern New Mexico in 2022. (Photo Courtesy Santa Fe National Forest) As the U.S. Forest Service plans…
Finland is offering farmworkers bird flu shots. Some experts say the U.S. should too.
Finland is offering bird flu vaccines to farmworkers, prompting questions about why the U.S. isn’t doing the same for people who work with dairy cows. “If a vaccine seems to…
Biden camp works to stem growing Democratic unease over reelection prospects
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s guilty verdict in his hush-money trial before speaking on the Middle East at the White House on May 31,…
Activists and Maine Public Employee Retirement System at odds over fossil fuel divestment progress
Roughly 50 activists and beneficiaries of the Maine Public Employee Retirement System demonstrated outside its office in Augusta on July 11 to demand its board fully divest the system from…
Cooper approves bill that preserves, updates automatic expunction law
Gov. Roy Cooper signed legislation that will preserve and update the state’s automatic expunction law, which is deigned to aid people with certain criminal records in overcoming barriers to employment…
As suspended state attorneys fight to win their jobs back, litigation continues
Gov. Ron DeSantis announces his suspension of Orange County State’s Attorney Monique Worrell on Aug. 9, 2023. Source: Screenshot/DeSantis Facebook Quality Journalism for Critical Times While Andrew Warren and Monique…