Bhaamati Borkhetaria

6 days ago | commonwealthbeacon.org | Bhaamati Borkhetaria

AS MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS work to craft a budget, facing an ever-shrinking pile of money coming from the federal government and rattled by economic uncertainty, the leaders of one of the state’s most troubled agencies – the Cannabis Control Commission – are saying that they cannot make crucial improvements without more money from the Legislature. But legislators, so far, aren’t buying it.

1 week ago | talkingjointsmemo.com | Bhaamati Borkhetaria

State legislators this session are looking to take hemp-derived intoxicating products – which contain the same active ingredient as cannabis but are not regulated the same way – off shelves in gas stations, convenience stores, and vape shops across Massachusetts. The hemp products, which are generally edible and intoxicating like gummies or candies, have already been declared illegal in the state by several state agencies but continue to pop up in certain stores outside of dispensaries.

1 week ago | commonwealthbeacon.org | Bhaamati Borkhetaria

STATE LEGISLATORS THIS session are looking to take hemp-derived intoxicating products – which contain the same active ingredient as cannabis but are not regulated the same way – off shelves in gas stations, convenience stores, and vape shops across Massachusetts. The hemp products, which are generally edible and intoxicating like gummies or candies, have already been declared illegal in the state by several state agencies but continue to pop up in certain stores outside of dispensaries.

1 week ago | commonwealthbeacon.org | Bhaamati Borkhetaria

THE TOBIN BRIDGE, with its stretches of lead paint and continuously moving truck traffic, looms over Chelsea with vehicle emissions raining microparticles down on the people who live near there.  Under the bridge and along Route 1, the city is home to the New England Produce Center, which sees tens of thousands of deliveries every year, and The Eastern Salt Company, which stores thousands of tons of road salt in piles next to residential neighborhoods.

2 weeks ago | commonwealthbeacon.org | Bhaamati Borkhetaria

Around 3pm in the afternoon on a Monday, not long after school was dismissed, about forty kids were running around the playground and under the large solar panel awning over the parking lot next to Hosmer Elementary School in Watertown. There were electric vehicle chargers spaced out in the parking lot and a box sat in the back of the school containing battery storage. Out of the windows in one of the science classrooms, parts of the roof are visible and solar arrays line every free square foot.