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State Senator Liz Krueger, right, with supporters of the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) rally on the steps of New York City Hall on November 21, 2019.

Policing protests propel marijuana decriminalization efforts

July 6, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

Georgia's strict drug laws encourage police officers to search for drugs during otherwise routine interactions, such as traffic stops, said Georgia state Sen. Harold Jones II, a Democrat and former...

‘Sin taxes’ could help states in pandemic budget slump — at least a little bit

June 29, 2020 at 4:23 p.m.

WASHINGTON - Gas tax revenue plummeted this spring, income taxes won't rebound anytime soon and some states are offering a property tax holiday because people can't pay during the pandemic....

Staffing nursing homes was hard before the pandemic. Now it’s even tougher

May 19, 2020 at 10:52 a.m.

Residents have fallen ill with the new coronavirus in both the Worcester, Mass., nursing homes where Kwaku Tsibo Bondah works. Protective equipment is in short supply, he said, and many...

Escena de una protesta por parte de un grupo extremista que se llevó a cabo el 15 de abril de 2020 frente al Capitolio estatal en Lansing, Michigan, para exigir la reapertura de la economía en el país.

¿Qué buscan los radicales antigobierno?

April 23, 2020 at 10:13 a.m.

Mientras manifestantes enfurecidos pululan fuera de los capitolios estatales y destacados líderes de milicias se jactan de reunirse en gran número, los estados hacen poco para reprimir a los grupos...

‘Prisons are bacteria factories’; elderly inmates are at most at risk of illness

March 27, 2020 at 1:49 p.m.

Here in the Estelle prison unit, most of the male inmates in the geriatric dormitory first ran afoul of the law years or even decades ago, convicted of crimes ranging...

An Urban Carnivore Project trail camera near Seattle captured a coyote.

Deer, bear and everywhere: Animals move into the city

March 10, 2020 at 2:19 p.m.

SEATTLE — Mark Jordan works his way down a muddy forest slope, cutting through ferns and a small stream. The Seattle University professor and a pair of students slowly approach...

A raccoon walks past a trail camera set up by the Urban Carnivore Project near Seattle.

Deer, bear and everywhere: Animals move into the city

March 10, 2020 at 2:13 p.m.

Most research on urban wildlife has taken place only in the past 15 years or so, but scientists nationwide generally agree that more animals are moving into urban and suburban...

"Once again, Washington, D.C., is out of touch with rural America," said Democratic Vermont state Sen. John Rodgers, who is also a hemp farmer.

Hot hemp pits states against feds

February 24, 2020 at 1:51 p.m.

New federal regulations would make it harder for hemp growers to prove their plants are not marijuana, in what could be a major setback to a promising industry legalized just...

Geoffrey Gibson, left, shop owner, and regular customer Mike Shvenderman, who said he started vaping three years ago to quit a pack-a-day cigarette habit. Nationwide, states and localities are banning flavored vaping products.

The surprising reasons vaping bans draw pushback

January 29, 2020 at 1:44 p.m.

Geoffrey Gibson, owner of Capital Vape Supply, watched his thriving, 7-year-old business wither last summer when vaping-related deaths started making headlines. It picked up again after the U.S. Centers for...

People smoke marijuana to feel high, but they smoke hemp — a non-psychoactive form of cannabis — to ingest cannabinoids users say ease pains and stress.

Cannabis confusion pushes states to ban smokable hemp

January 8, 2020 at 10:33 a.m.

Hemp plants can be made into anything from rope and insulation to granola. But today, most U.S. hemp farmers are growing hemp to produce cannabinoids, such as CBD — which...

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