Keller @ Large: Picking Apart The New Pot Bill
Jon talks with Sen. Pat Jehlen and Rep. Mark Cusack, the co-chairs of the legislature's Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, about the new compromise bill on recreational marijuana.
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Jon talks with Sen. Pat Jehlen and Rep. Mark Cusack, the co-chairs of the legislature's Joint Committee on Marijuana Policy, about the new compromise bill on recreational marijuana.
Supporters argued the change would ensure young people's lives aren't ruined by getting caught with marijuana.
House and Senate negotiators on Beacon hill are planning to resume talks they hope will lead to a compromise on a marijuana bill.
House and Senate negotiators hoping to hammer out a compromise over the state's recreational marijuana law failed to meet a self-imposed deadline Friday aimed at getting a final bill to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's desk and plan to get back to negotiations next week.
Jon Keller says lawmakers need to reach a reasonable compromise on how to handle the rollout of marijuana sales in Massachusetts.
It's a law. They're legislators. Tinkering with the law is what they do.
The Massachusetts Senate passed a bill Thursday calling for revisions to the state voter-approved recreational marijuana law, setting the stage for negotiations with the House, which just a day earlier backed a more far-reaching overhaul.
Collision claims in Colorado, Washington and Oregon went up 2.7 percent in the years since legal recreational marijuana sales began when compared with surrounding states.
The Massachusetts House has passed a revised version of the state's recreational marijuana legislation.
A new version of a recreational marijuana bill is set to come out of committee in the Massachusetts House of Representatives Monday, and some marijuana legislation supporters aren't happy with it.
"The people of Massachusetts live within their means," Gov. Baker said. "State Government should, too."
Carl Stevens wants to know what's going on on Beacon Hill?
House leaders postponed debate on a contentious bill that seeks major changes in the state's voter-approved recreational marijuana law,
Lawmakers reviewing the state's new recreational marijuana law plan to recommend sharply higher taxes and more control for city and town officials over retail pot shops in their communities, according to a copy of a House proposal obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press.
A medical marijuana dispensary in Quincy is offering patients a pretty delicious way to treat their pain.
Thousands of people are expected at an annual pro-marijuana event in western Massachusetts even though recreational pot use has been legalized in the state.
At a hearing Monday, it was argued that past offenders should be at the head of the line for a cut of the take.
Recreational marijuana may be legal for adults in Massachusetts but who ultimately will be in charge of regulating and enforcing the new law remains the subject of behind-the-scenes maneuvering on Beacon Hill.
Rhode Island state legislators hoping to legalize recreational marijuana say they have enough support to pass a bill if it comes to a vote this spring in the Democrat-controlled General Assembly.
So you thought when we voted for legal pot last fall that greener pastures were right around the corner? Jon says you'd better think again.
Difficult issues related to the full roll-out of legal pot, now slated for early summer next year, keep piling up.
The group behind a ballot initiative that legalized recreational marijuana in Massachusetts is now urging state legislators to keep the new law intact.
Residents voted Tuesday night to ban the sale of recreational marijuana in the town of Westboro, making them the first town in Massachusetts to say no to pot shops.
More pet owners are giving their furry companions cannabis-based treatments.
Massachusetts Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey were among those who signed the Thursday letter.
