Honorable mentions go to Ace of Spades HQ, Conservative Review, American Enterprise Institute, The College Fix, Commentary, Citizen Free Press, Cato Institute, and The Resurgent (which is between domains right now), all of which had a significant impact on the conservative scene in 2018.
BOSTON - A proposed law in Massachusetts would bar employers from firing workers for using marijuana legally on their own time.
While recreational marijuana use is legal for adults in the state, workers can still be fired for using the drug, even if it's outside of work and its effects have worn off by the time they return to their jobs.
The Boston Globe reports the measure filed by Democratic state Sen. Jason Lewis would treat marijuana much like alcohol. Employees could be fired for showing up to work impaired, but employers could not police the private use of pot.
Federal contractors would be exempted as marijuana remains illegal under U.S. law.
There is currently no reliable test for marijuana impairment and drug tests can detect traces of cannabis days or weeks after use.
ATLANTA - People in Georgia and Tennessee were woken up by an earthquake early Wednesday.In Other News
The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake happened about 4:15 a.m. near Decatur, Tennessee. It had a magnitude of 4.4.
Just once I’d love to see a judge swear out an arrest warrant for an official that refuses their order.
An explosion at the Naval Air Station, Ford Island, Pearl Harbour (Pearl Harbor) during the Japanese attack. Sailors stand amid wrecked (aircraft) watching as the USS Shaw explodes in the center background. The USS Nevada is also visible in the middle background, with her bow headed toward the left. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
NEWTON, Mass. - Governor Charlie Baker is calling for the temporary removal of a state judge who's being accused of helping an undocumented immigrant escape immigration authorities.In Other News
In a story the Boston Globe first broke, Boston 25 News has learned that Newton District Court Judge Shelley Joseph is now at the center of a federal grand jury probe.
The investigation is looking into whether Judge Joseph helped an undocumented immigrant sneak out the back door of her courtroom as an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was waiting inside the courthouse to detain him and begin the deportation process.
A Massachusetts landlord told a Harvard University graduate student that he wanted her to move out of her apartment because her legally owned firearms made some of her roommates uncomfortable.
"Since it's clear that Leyla wants to keep her firearms, it would be best for all parties if she finds another place to live," Dave Lewis, president of Avid Management, said in an email to the household obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The request that the student, Leyla Pirnie, move out came after her roommates searched her room while she was not home and found her firearms. That prompted one of the roommates to email Lewis requesting he verify that Pirnie was in compliance with applicable firearms laws.
"We discussed with Leyla that all of us are uncomfortable with having firearms in the house, and that their presence causes anxiety and deprives us of the quiet enjoyment of the premise to which we are entitled," the roommate wrote to Lewis.
