Last year, Gov. JB Prizker passed bipartisan legislation legalizing marijuana for recreational use and sale in the state – the 11th in the nation to do so – with effect from January 1, 2020. When the pandemic struck, dispensaries were considered essential companies and were allowed to remain open during …
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New York’s largest hospital network had to buy garden hoses to repair ventilators: book
At one point in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, employees at New York’s largest hospital network were forced to shop at garden hose hardware stores to make the fans they received from the state actually work, according to a new book. This experience and many others resulted in Northwell …
Read More »Shares are rising as China’s positive industrial data is heavier than traders’
LONDON (Reuters) – Markets rose on Monday as stronger industrial activity in China showed signs of recovering from the coronavirus pandemic overcoming US-Sinos trade tensions. FILE PHOTO: The London Stock Exchange Group’s offices are located in the City of London, UK, December 29, 2017. REUTERS / Toby Melville The Euro …
Read More »Joe Burrow looks nothing like a rookie
In a virtual press conference with Cincinnati Bengals official coordinator Brian Callahan, WKRC’s Richard Skinner asked how much he put on new franchise quarterback Joe Burrow: ‘Would it be so much like throwing a veteran quarterback into a camp? Are you trying to track him down or do you want …
Read More »Tourism in Nashville during Covid: Is the City Enough?
Last weekend, in a new building overlooking the city skyline in a gentrifying neighborhood in East Nashville, organizers announced a party on social media called “The VIP Viewing of the Fashion House.” Masks were scarce. Hookahs were full. And bodies by the hundreds in tight pack and write. Judging by …
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