January 2020

Illinois Pot Vendors Score $3.2 Million On First Day Of Legal Weed Sales

Business /

Illinois pot vendors started the new year by bringing in nearly $3.2 million on the state’s first day of legal recreational cannabis sales. The state is the 11th to legalize cannabis for adult use. There were long lines and more than 77,000 transactions on Wednesday, according to former state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s pot czar […]

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Bernie Sanders Says He Raised $34.5 Million in Fourth Quarter Fund-Raising

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DES MOINES — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised more than $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, his presidential campaign said Thursday, yet another display of his enduring financial might fueled by a huge base of grass-roots donors. Mr. Sanders received more than 1.8 million donations in the quarter, with an average donation

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Trump’s plan to curb teen vaping exempts some flavors

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WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials will begin cracking down on most flavored e-cigarettes that are popular with underage teenagers, but their plan includes major exceptions that benefit vaping manufacturers, retailers and adults who use the nicotine-delivery devices. The Trump administration announced Thursday that it will prohibit fruit, candy, mint and dessert flavors from small, cartridge-based

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Lizzo Reflects On Her Inspiring Journey: ‘Anything Can Happen In A Decade’

Entertainment /

Lizzo is celebrating the new year by reflecting on her past. The singer/rapper tweeted an inspiring note on Tuesday about her journey over the past 10 years. She revealed that her father died in 2009 — “the year I lived in my car & cried myself to sleep on thanksgiving,” she wrote. Fast-forward 10 years, and

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More Than 200 Republicans Urge Supreme Court to Weigh Overturning Roe v. Wade

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Democratic lawmakers have filed their own amicus brief calling for the Louisiana law to be struck down. Stephanie Schriock, the president of Emily’s List, a group that works to elect Democratic women who support abortion rights, assailed the Republican brief in a statement. “Reproductive rights and the ability to make our own health care decisions

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