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House Speaker Robert DeLeo conceded Tuesday in a televised interview that the House may be willing to move off its position that retail marijuana sales be taxed at 28 percent, and the Democratic leader remains hopeful that the panel negotiating a compromise pot bill will be able to strike a deal...

House Speaker Robert DeLeo, D-Winthrop, said Tuesday that he will be looking for additional revenues from the marijuana industry to not only pay for the costs generated by the industry itself but also for a new fund to address substance abuse recovery. "We have a rare opportunity to deploy a...

Boston - The leaders of both the House and Senate are on board with a six-month time frame for rewriting the state's marijuana laws after voters in November approved regulated sales of the intoxicating plant. In a brief hallway interview on Thursday, House Speaker Robert DeLeo concurred with...