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The Short List: Montague Mascot, Trump's Mass. Shadow, Looking At More Legalization

New England Public Media | By Adam Frenier
Published May 19, 2017 at 3:10 PM EDT
Marijuana activists celebrated outside the Mass. State House on Dec. 15, 2016, the first day pot became legal in the Bay State. Here, Ellen Brown holds a handful of pot.
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Marijuana activists celebrated outside the Mass. State House on Dec. 15, 2016, the first day pot became legal in the Bay State. Here, Ellen Brown holds a handful of pot.

Our panel of journalists looks at the big stories in the news.

What made The Short List this week?

  • In Montague, Massachusetts, voters approved a non-binding ballot question to bring back the nickname "Indians" to the town's Turners Falls High School. And two candidates supported by a pro-mascot group were elected to the school committee. (NEPR)
  • A Massachusetts Democratic candidate for governor says President Donald Trump should be impeached. Will national politics spill into next year's governor's race? (MassLive)
  • Vermont's governor is pondering whether to sign a marijuana legalization bill. And some Connecticut lawmakers are floating the idea of legal pot to help close a hefty budget deficit. (VPR, Hartford Courant)

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