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Indiana Lawmakers Consider Override On Local Emergency Powers Law
(Indianapolis, IN) Indiana’s legislature may once again check the governor over emergency powers and the coronavirus. Lawmakers are due back at the Capitol Monday, and they are already talking about possibly overriding Governor Holcomb’s veto of the local emergency powers law. That law would allow mayors or county commissioners to overrule local health commissions when it comes to the state’s next, long term health emergency. The governor vetoed the plan, saying he wanted to allow public health managers the freedom to manage the next crisis. Lawmakers already overrode the governor’s veto of a similar law that would allow them to step-in and help manage the state during the next prolonged emergency.
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Illinois Sets Legal Marijuana Sales Record
(Springfield, IL) More and more people are buying more and more marijuana in Illinois. The latest numbers from the state’s legal marijuana sales set a record last month. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation yesterday said customers bought 115-million-dollars’ worth of marijuana last month. That’s nearly six- million-dollars more than March and almost double what people spent on marijuana in April of last year. Many of those customers, about 35 million-dollars’ worth, came into Illinois from out of state.
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