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State Sen. Jennifer Flanagan will be a shining star as the governor's appointee to the new Cannabis Control Commission beginning Friday, Sept. 1, as it was announced on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Flanagan resigned her seat in the Senate Thursday, Aug. 31 to take the new position after serving in the...

Gov. Charlie Baker has made an excellent choice in selecting Sen. Jennifer L. Flanagan as his appointee to the five-member Cannabis Control Commission, which will regulate the state's recreational marijuana industry. The Leominster Democrat, whose district includes Townsend, possesses the...

Sen. Jennifer Flanagan of Leominster is expected to deliver her letter of resignation Thursday, one day after Gov. Charlie Baker announced the veteran Statehouse lawmaker as his appointment to the state's newly formed Cannabis Control Commission. Although Flanagan, a 41-year-old Democrat...

A Democratic state senator who opposed the ballot question that legalized recreational marijuana was named Wednesday by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker to the regulatory board that will oversee the cannabis industry in Massachusetts. Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, of Leominster, is the first appointee...

Governor Charlie Baker has appointed state Senator Jen Flanagan, a Leominster Democrat who opposed the legalization of marijuana, to the new state commission that will oversee the commercial pot industry in Massachusetts. The Cannabis Control Commission, or CCC, will approve and regulate pot...

Gov. Charlie Baker will tap state Sen. Jennifer Flanagan, a Leominster Democrat, for a spot on the state's new Cannabis Control Commission, putting in place the first member of the powerful new panel. Flanagan, who has served in the Senate since 2008 and opposed the ballot question legalizing...