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Acting Cannabis Control Commission chair discusses vision for the coming five years, says he’d accept the position permanently if it’s…
August 29, 2025
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Tompkins defended by attorney who has represented Karen Read and Jeffrey Epstein
August 25, 2025
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"Commission staff met with the Auditor’s team for nearly a year and spent hundreds of hours reviewing procedures with the…
August 21, 2025
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CCC seeks public input on vendor training, limitations on sales, promotional pricing, and required “cooling down” areas
August 18, 2025
Assured Testing Laboratories agreed to a two-year probationary period, a $300,000 fine, and intense oversight
By CHRIS FARAONE · August 16, 2025
“Inefficiencies … increased risk of noncompliance … erosion of public and stakeholder trust; operational inefficiencies … and potential for financial loss or fraud.”
By AMY BENDER · August 14, 2025
Commissioner Stebbins will continue in the role of acting chair until a permanent chair is appointed
By TJM STAFF · August 13, 2025
Talking Joints Memo writer and editor discusses Suffolk County sheriff's arrest and proposed prohibitionist ballot question
By TJM STAFF · August 12, 2025
Everything we know so far about the cannabis industry relationship that led to the arrest of the Suffolk County, Massachusetts sheriff for alleged extortion
By CHRIS FARAONE · August 11, 2025
It is alleged that Tompkins "pressured" one individual associated with a cannabis company "for stock," reminding them that he "had helped [the business] in…
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