Woman Charged for 'Gifting' Weed, Which Is Totally Legal in Massachusetts
The district attorney's office claims that there's "sufficient evidence to suggest a crime had been committed."
The district attorney's office claims that there's "sufficient evidence to suggest a crime had been committed."
The sale of recreational cannabis in the state has yet to be authorized, even though the plant is now supposed to be legal there.
Kevin Sweeney pleaded guilty to fraud. He is the sixth state trooper to be accused of lying to get more overtime.
Unless lawmakers fix their mistake, hundreds of people could be out of a job.
Fox News hosts thought they were speaking with Ann Kirkpatrick. They were mistaken.
The former governor cut government's size, scope, and spending in Massachusetts. Now he says he wants to shrink the federal government too.
The Republican governor of Massachusetts just made a deal to give away more freebies and keep taxes high.
An appeals court rules in favor of the accused, says college officials appeared to violate "basic fairness."
Boston is the top destination for Gotham residents seeking to escape New York's high taxes and regulations.
Alaska has the lowest taxes on recreational marijuana.
Two states attempt to dictate how farmers outside their boundaries treat their animals.
Smaller government has the possibility to be more honest government.
Police agencies regularly demonstrate the need for radical reform.
Even while scaling back mandatory minimums, politicians can't resist trying to punish people to fight drugs.
This is your war on drugs...on drugs.
Sydney Chaffee was the first charter school teacher to win the national honor.
A Red Sox fan's bigoted comment about a singer's rendition of the national anthem prompts a police investigation.
Prosecutors are expected to drop nearly all of the convictions based on the work of a drug lab chemist who falsified evidence in favor of police.
A corrupt crime lab tech tainted one in six drug cases in Massachusetts. The state high court just ordered prosecutors to drop thousands of those cases.
Some businesses can't handle the increased burdens.
Large farms have been stung by two recent setbacks. What's next?
Passage of Question 4 creates a pot-tolerant foothold in the Northeast.
Authorities want to play "War on Pot"-with helicopters and militarized raids-while they still can.
With pot on the ballot in nine states, support for allowing recreational use is strongest in California, while Florida looks likeliest to permit medical use.
Annie Dookhan tainted an estimated one in six drug cases in Massachusetts over a nine-year period. The ACLU says all those cases should be thrown out.
Running may "just as easily be motivated by desire to avoid the recurring indignity of being racially profiled as by desire to hide criminal activity."
Constitutional rights threatened by the legal storms over global warming
Ballot measure will decide in November whether to impose unwise, harmful, costly, and unconstitutional standards for raising a host of livestock animals.
Let's not ignore the ordinances and harassment of the poor that led to this.
Using collected data, the state identified schools heavily prone to expelling and suspending students.
Harsh tactics may have failed to stamp out the trade in heroin and cocaine, but they'll totally work against tobacco smugglers.
Even when cases are overturned over prosecutor misconduct, judges often refuse to name names.
Barbara Anderson worked hard to improve the state's economic climate.
With a "permissible inference" based on THC levels, innocent people can still be convicted.
Anticipating approval of a legalization initiative, a legislative committee recommends heavier taxes and stricter regulations.
As it stands, convicted child pornographers in the Bay State can still retire on the state's dime.
Judge rules religious freedom doesn't apply given the particulars.
Data show rules don't appear to reduce violent crime, binge drinking, or drunken driving.
After marijuana decriminalization, more is required to pull someone over.
Prosecutors say Michelle Carter "wantonly and recklessly" caused her boyfriend's death.