After visiting the Lawrence, Massachusetts, factory, Ryan delivered a stinging indictment of the current tax code, calling it inefficient, unfair and too complicated.
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Dartmouth women’s swim team placed on probation for hazing incident
School officials say first-year team members were pressured to make a sexualized PowerPoint presentation.
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Massachusetts lawmakers approve a compromise on legal pot
The measure would set a state tax rate and allow localities to add their own cut.
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Memorial erected at site of witch trial hangings
Salem, Massachusetts recognizes five of the victims on the 325th anniversary of their deaths and vows never to forget.
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New Hampshire decriminalizes small amounts of marijuana, joining rest of region
More than 20 states and all of New England have eased criminal penalties on pot.
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Once-rare bobcats thrive in New England
Protected in most states for several decades, bobcat populations have almost tripled to an estimated 3.6 million nationwide.
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Vermont marijuana bill in governor’s hands
He hasn’t said whether he will sign it, but he has said he’d like to see some improvements in the bill.
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Patriot’s Day or Patriots’ Day? Punctuation confusion continues
Maine law still acknowledges only one patriot after a bill to move the apostrophe went nowhere.