BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2022: Workers at Ascend in Boston voted overwhelming this week to join Teamsters Local 25, becoming the first cannabis dispensary in New England to organize with the union. Dispensary associates at the facility voted by mail-in ballot, with election certification Aug. 23. The win marks a major victory in the Teamsters' continued effort to raise wages and benefits in the ca  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release on Aug. 24, 2022: U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) together with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Governor Phil Scott, and the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC), announced Wednesday that 14 Vermont communities will be receiving a combined $5.8 million from NBRC's State Economic and Infrastructure Development program. Leahy, chair of the Senate Appropriatio  more