Justice Stephen Breyer wrote that ‘the city’s lack of meaningful involvement in the selection of flags or the crafting of their messages leads us to classify the flag raisings as private, not government, speech.’
New England
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
Connecticut looks to bar out-of-state marijuana advertising
Residents living close to the Massachusetts border are complaining to lawmakers about cannabis billboards.
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Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Former owner of ski resorts gets 5 years in largest Vermont fraud case
He kept up to $37 million intended for the construction of a biotechnology plant, prosecutors say.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Harvard report brings joy, grief for descendants of enslaved
In its pledge to atone for ties to slavery, the Massachusetts university identified dozens of people who were enslaved by the school’s first leaders and faculty members.
Posted inBusiness, Maine Cannabis Report, New England
New Hampshire Senate rejects 2 marijuana legalization bills
A majority of senators maintain their opposition to recreational cannabis use, unswayed by the legal markets in neighboring states.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, New England
MIT researchers propose fighting Lyme by releasing mice on Nantucket
They want to release hundreds of thousands of native white-footed mice engineered to resist the bacteria that causes Lyme in an effort to slow disease transmission.
Posted inNew England
Boston urges masks as battle brews over transit rule
The Boston Public Health Commission noted a rise in hospitalizations, as well as a 65% increase in cases and an even larger spike in COVID-19 levels in local wastewater samples.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Zelensky gets John F. Kennedy award for defending democracy
The Ukrainian president and four U.S. officials, including Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, were chosen for standing up for free and fair elections.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, New England
Biden pushes infrastructure plans in New Hampshire visit
Under the $1 trillion infrastructure law, $1.7 million will be used to dredge Portsmouth Harbor’s shipping channel and basin.
Posted inLocal & State, New England
Three arrested in connection with fentanyl overdose death in New Hampshire
One was arrested April 4 in Conway and the others were arrested April 9 and April 12 in Maine.