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No Deal Yet on Legal Weed Sales, Senate Wants To Keep Franchise Fee at 15%
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There is no consensus yet on legalizing weed in the 603 but it is coming down to the wire Thursday and the focus is narrowed.
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There is no consensus yet on legalizing weed in the 603 but it is coming down to the wire Thursday and the focus is narrowed.
“This experience has given me a front row seat to the outsized role of money and insider connections in politics,” Whitley said in a statement on Twitter.
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House and Senate negotiators over expanding the Education Freedom Account program did not reach a quick agreement Tuesday during their first meeting on House Bill 1665.
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House conferees on legalizing adult cannabis sales said Tuesday they would agree to the Senate’s version of the bill with four changes, including the decriminalization level and implementation date for those who possess to be upon passage.
With more than 60 bills this session still alive – including legal adult cannabis sales – select lawmakers came to Concord Monday to see if they could make deals across chambers with the clock ticking towards Thursday at 4 p.m., the deadline for a deal.
Jon Stone never made it to the Laurie List as a police officer, the record of police with credibility problems, after he was fired 18 years ago for an inappropriate relationship with a teen and threatening rape and murder.