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David Spradin is the CEO of a California-based marijuana company called Perfect Union. It has 14 marijuana stores between Los Angeles and Sacramento, six stores in New Mexico and has had stores in Oregon and Washington, says Rick McAuliffe, a Rhode Island lobbyist who now also serves as a director for Spradin’s new local affiliate: Perfect Union-RI. The company and 27 other businesses all filed applications last month for a chance to run one of six new medical marijuana dispensaries planned for Rhode Island.  While Spradin’s local venture incorporated just in November, the Californian ha...

The Senate Republican divide over certifying the election results, explained Vox.com 1/6/2021 Li Zhou © Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images For months, Senate Majority Leader McConnell has cautioned Republicans against raising objections to the electoral results. Senate Republicans face a clear choice on Wednesday: They can either side with President Donald Trump and challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election based on no evidence — or they can vote in support of the actual outcome, the will of the voters, and the country’s Democratic process. The decision should...

Senate Republicans face a clear choice on Wednesday: They can either side with President Donald Trump and challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election based on no evidence — or they can vote in support of the actual outcome, the will of the voters, and the country’s Democratic process. The decision should be an obvious one, but it has split the conference. While Senate leadership, including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has previously urged Republicans to refrain from objecting to the election results, at least 13 lawmakers, including Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ted Cruz (R-TX...

Who will win the lottery to run Rhode Island's six new medical marijuana dispensaries? Tom Mooney, The Providence Journal © The Providence Journal file / Kris Craig A customer walks through Greenleaf Compassion Center in Portsmouth. PROVIDENCE — David Spradin is the CEO of a California-based marijuana company called Perfect Union. It has 14 marijuana stores between Los Angeles and Sacramento and six stores in New Mexico, and the company has had stores in Oregon and Washington, says Rick McAuliffe, a Rhode Island lobbyist who now also serves as a director for Spradin’...

Barbados Today Fearless, unapologetic, and prepared to offend in the name of righteousness. That’s the nature of the man Caswell Franklyn, the Opposition Senator, trade union leader and all-round disruptor to the status quo in Barbados during the year 2020. He has been in the fight for workers’ rights for decades, operating at ground zero as an industrial relations specialist with the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) in the 1990s and early 2000s. In fact, his no-nonsense approach often found him at loggerheads with the leadership of the NUPW. A skilled negotiator and debater, Frank...