Twenty-one initiative petitions, including proposals to raise the minimum wage and lower the sales tax, are one step closer to appearing before voters.
Staples shareholders on Thursday approved a sale of the Framingham office supplier to Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm that owns several other retailers.
Marijuana legalization opponents will outnumber supporters four to one on the commission that will get a legal marijuana industry up and running by next summer.
Framingham-based office supplier Staples earned $63 million in net income for the second quarter, a turnaround from the $107 million it lost in 2Q 2016.