{"id":48448,"date":"2021-06-23T02:12:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T10:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/06\/23\/ri-senate-votes-to-legalize-cannabis-newsletter-june-23-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T21:45:43","slug":"ri-senate-votes-to-legalize-cannabis-newsletter-june-23-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/06\/23\/ri-senate-votes-to-legalize-cannabis-newsletter-june-23-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"RI Senate votes to legalize cannabis (Newsletter: June 23, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-91.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>CT gov signs legalization; LA gov signs smokable medical marijuana; MX Supreme Court weighs striking down cannabis ban; Another PA marijuana bill<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to receive Marijuana Moment\u2019s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. 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Marijuana Moment is essential. Thanks for all your great work. Happy to be of help!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support our work for $25\/month and gain access to valuable insider data, exclusive interview audio, and more: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><b>\/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/connecticut-governor-signs-marijuana-legalization-into-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> signed a marijuana legalization bill into law. It\u2019s the fourth state to legalize cannabis so far this year. The new law takes effect on July 1.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/rhode-island-senate-approves-marijuana-legalization-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rhode Island Senate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> passed a marijuana legalization bill. Gov. Dan McKee (D) filed his own separate legal cannabis plan, and the House has another one. The House speaker says it could be taken up in the summer or fall.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/louisiana-governor-signs-bill-to-legalize-smokable-medical-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> signed a bill to legalize smokable medical cannabis flower. Last week he signed separate legislation to decriminalize marijuana possession.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/mexicos-supreme-court-moves-to-end-marijuana-prohibition-itself-after-lawmakers-fail-to-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mexico\u2019s Supreme Court<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is set to consider striking down the prohibition of marijuana as unconstitutional next week after lawmakers failed to pass a legalization bill by the deadline under a prior ruling.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/pennsylvania-lawmakers-build-support-for-new-marijuana-legalization-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two Pennsylvania lawmakers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sent a memo asking colleagues to support a forthcoming marijuana legalization bill they plan to introduce soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\/ FEDERAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.senate.gov\/hearings\/hearing-on-pending-legislation-6-23-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> will hold a hearing on a medical cannabis research bill on Wednesday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.judiciary.senate.gov\/meetings\/examining-federal-sentencing-for-crack-and-powder-cocaine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Judiciary Committee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> held a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryDems\/status\/1407368090581676035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hearing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/congressional-record\/2021\/6\/21\/senate-section\/article\/S4641-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gave a floor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?512770-1\/senate-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about the 50th anniversary of the war on drugs and the need to eliminate the crack-powder cocaine sentencing disparity.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1407348069520318473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cCrack penalties are harsher than powder cocaine penalties. Let\u2019s fix this by increasing the penalty for selling powder cocaine. Not by letting drug traffickers out of prison.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HouseJudiciary\/status\/1407323707073306629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Judiciary Committee Democrats<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> posted a video about a hearing on the war on drugs that the panel held last week.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House bill to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/4020\/cosponsors?loclr=cga-bill&amp;pageSort=lastToFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">decriminalize all drugs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> got two new cosponsors for a total of 12.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ STATES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/governor\/mills\/news\/governor-mills-signs-bills-law-2021-06-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill allowing marijuana retailers to have entry areas where they can check the IDs of customers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovernorTomWolf\/status\/1407367784418398213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gov. Tom Wolf (D) tweeted, \u201cAnother state in the northeast is legalizing adult-use marijuana. Pennsylvania should be next.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The chairman of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sd-state-wire-south-dakota-marijuana-laws-government-and-politics-de1393cb77974256e0093964a5d9692e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> legislature\u2019s Adult-Use Marijuana Study Subcommittee said lawmakers will craft a cannabis legalization bill if the state Supreme Court strikes down the voter-approved measure.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Events\/Hearings\/Detail\/3791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Massachusetts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> legislatures\u2019s Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy will hold a hearing on several marijuana bills on Tuesday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/myemail.constantcontact.com\/Attention--MMCP-Guidance-Delta-8-THC-Requirements.html?soid=1102307935227&amp;aid=OORI1afFuWI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators issued guidance on delta-8-THC in medical cannabis products.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/MEDACF\/bulletins\/2e46073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators are seeking public input about hemp rules.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.mo.gov\/plants\/industrial-hemp\/faq.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Missouri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators published an updated FAQ about the state\u2019s hemp program.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agri.idaho.gov\/main\/i-need-to\/see-lawsrules\/rulemaking\/isda-rulemaking-2021-2022\/rules-governing-hemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Idaho<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will hold a hemp rulemaking meeting on Wednesday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdacs.gov\/News-Events\/Event-Calendar\/Meetings-and-Hearings\/Town-Hall-with-Cannabis-Director-Bell3?instance_date=06\/24\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> top cannabis regulator will hold a town hall meeting with federal officials on Thursday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mra\/0,9306,7-386-79784-562036--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will hold a marijuana social equity business resource workshop on Thursday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<strong>\u2014<br \/>\n<strong>Marijuana Moment is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking more than 1,100 cannabis, psychedelics and drug policy bills<\/a> in state legislatures and Congress this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon supporters<\/a> pledging at least $25\/month get access to our interactive maps, charts and hearing calendar so they don\u2019t miss any developments.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9128 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-90.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marijuana bill tracker<\/a> and become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporter on Patreon<\/a> to get access.<br \/>\n\u2014<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\/ LOCAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QueensDAKatz\/status\/1407361274220929024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Queens, New York<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> district attorney requested that thousands of marijuana cases be dismissed and sealed.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maricopacountyattorney.org\/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maricopa County, Arizona<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> district attorney\u2019s office announced efforts to help people expunge marijuana conviction records.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cannabis\/2021\/6\/21\/22544062\/illinois-dispensaries-pot-downtown-exclusion-zone-location-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chicago, Illinois<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> alderman filed a proposal to allow marijuana dispensaries in a downtown \u201cexclusion zone\u201d where the mayor has blocked cannabis sales.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-06-18\/san-jacinto-city-councilman-indicted-operating-illegal-cannabis-dispensary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Jacinto, California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> city councilman was indicted on charges of operating an illegal marijuana dispensary.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/2402299\/cannabis-activity-in-old-town-put-on-hold-for-now-ex-moratorium-will-give-the-council-time-to-consider-how-best-to-introduce-sales.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> City Council placed a moratorium on opening marijuana businesses in the Old Town area.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kiis1065.com.au\/newsroom\/deputy-prime-minister-barnaby-joyce-open-to-the-conversation-of-marijuana-legalisation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australia\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> deputy prime minister said that police have better things to do than arrest people for marijuana.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/thailand\/general\/2136063\/cannabis-strains-to-get-heritage-listing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thailand\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> deputy prime minister announced that four cannabis strains will be registered as items of National Heritage.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ SCIENCE &amp; HEALTH<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A review concluded that \u201ccannabidiol and cannabinoid receptor 1 antagonists have potential for treating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/epistemehealth.com\/index.php\/nab\/article\/view\/14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">drug-craving<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and drug-seeking behaviour, based on evidence from preclinical animal models.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study found that \u201ccannabis use was associated with higher prevalence of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamanetworkopen\/fullarticle\/2781215\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">suicidal ideation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, plan, and attempt among US young adults with or without depression, and the risks were greater for women than men.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION &amp; ANALYSIS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1033445137059986\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Virginia NORML<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> held a \u201cKnow Your Rights\u201d event about the state\u2019s new marijuana legalization law.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ BUSINESS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The federal waiting period for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/trulieve-announces-the-expiration-of-hsr-act-waiting-period-for-the-proposed-acquisition-of-harvest-health-amp-recreation-inc--857014323.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trulieve Cannabis Corp.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to acquire Harvest Health &amp; Recreation Inc.\u00a0 has expired.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The former CEO and two former directors of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/fp-finance\/canntrust-former-ceo-and-two-former-directors-face-fraud-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CannTrust Holdings Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were charged with fraud, making false statements and other offenses related to the company\u2019s illegal cultivation of marijuana in unlicensed rooms.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Workers at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ufcw328.org\/massachusetts-cannabis-cultivation-workers-vote-to-approve-first-union-contract-at-cresco-securing-higher-wages-and-important-workplace-protections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cresco\/Sunnyside<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Fall River, Massachusetts voted to approve a union contract.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/california\/articles\/1395717\/pot-banker-says-looming-criminal-charges-warrant-suit-stay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pacific Banking Corp.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> said it expects its CEO to be federally 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