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The Texas Tribune on MSN3d
The Texas Legislature is back for a special session. Here’s what we’re watching.
Lawmakers will have 30 days to tackle a packed agenda outlined by Gov. Greg Abbott, from flood relief to redistricting to THC ...
Texas lawmakers consider priorities as they head into Special Legislative Session
Texas lawmakers will return to the dome in Austin Monday with a laundry list of priorities from Governor Abbott.
Powerful NC lawmaker leads hemp firm as tighter rules face legislative gridlock
Rep. John Bell has one foot in the hemp industry and the other in the legislature. And he says he’s also being asked to run ...
Closing the loophole: updates on federal and state attempts to regulate intoxicating hemp-derived products
Gonnell and Cole White of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP outline federal and state developments related to the regulation of ...
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‘It would destroy me’ | McConnell push to bar ‘intoxicating’ hemp vexes new Kentucky industry
Federal legislation would close a “loophole” that paved the way for gummies, drinks and other cannabis-infused hemp products, including in states like Kentucky and Indiana that haven’t legalized ...
Grist on MSN2d
The science behind the heat dome — ‘a mosh pit’ of molecules
From Texas clear to Georgia, from the Gulf Coast on up to the Canadian border, a mass of dangerous heat has started spreading like an atmospheric plague. In the days and perhaps even weeks ahead, a ...
A look at megafires as an Oregon wildfire approaches the 100,000-acre mark
A wildfire burning in a sparsely populated region of central Oregon has become the largest fire this year and is on the verge of surpassing 100,000 ...