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Three days ago a conference committee in Massachusetts finalized a deal. Today that deal is on the governor's desk with an emergency preamble attached. In Providence, a federal judge just told Rhode Island its social equity architecture cannot survive the Dormant Commerce Clause. In Washington, Roger Stone is asking out loud who is blocking Donald Trump's own rescheduling order. Every story in today's edition is about somebody finally being forced to say what they already knew.
🏛️ Beacon Hill blinks
⚖️ Rhode Island's residency rule falls
💸 280E: $2.24 billion and counting
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