Hospitality

The letter argues the commission remains functioning.

After months of controversy surrounding the state’s Cannabis Control Commission, Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro is calling for the state legislature to appoint a receiver to manage the day-to-day operations of the agency.

Lexington-based Jamsan Management owns 70 hotels across New England, according to the company’s website.

The purchasers of the site are the operators of LaMei Hot Pot, a Chinese restaurant with locations in Brookline and Providence.

67 Degrees opened in 2020, just a month and a half before COVID-related shutdowns began.

Plaintiffs in the case contended that increasing what employers owe to tipped workers and also allowing businesses to divide those tips between tipped and non-tipped employees were too unrelated to be considered with a single yes or no vote.

"My goodness. We have a situation where intoxicating hemp products are being produced, probably from hemp that isn't grown in Massachusetts, in labs that have no supervision, being put into packages that have no age requirements, and they're competing with our lawful cannabis retailers. This is a heck of a situation," Rep. Paul Schmid, co-chair of the Agriculture Committee, said.

Revolutionary Clinics, a cannabis company with a cultivation and production facility in Fitchburg, has closed one of its Cambridge dispensaries.

A former Town of Grafton official is facing federal charges related to his cannabis company.

Matthew Koziol’s fascination with farming began as a child when he would visit his relatives’ dairy farm in Canada.