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Massachusetts lawmakers have scheduled an informational hearing on the state’s Cannabis Control Commission next week. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File) 
Lawmakers want Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro to join them next week for an informational hearing on the myriad problems he says his office identified at the Cannabis Control Commission.Shapiro last month pleaded with top lawmakers to intervene at the CCC by appointing a receiver to manage the day-to-day operations of the “rudderless agency” and then […]
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