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With barely a week left, Environmental Advocates of New York says the state Senate is ending the session with its worst environmental record in decades.

Under the ballot measure approved by Massachusetts voters legalizing medical marijuana last year, up to 35 licenses for dispensaries could be opened across the state. The state Department of Public Health revealed its final regulations for the distribution of the drug in May, and Pittsfield has been one of many localities working to change zoning regulations to accommodate the arrival of the dispensaries.

Members of the New York state legislature’s Black and Hispanic caucus and their allies made a last-minute push for a bill to decriminalize the public possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying current laws unfairly target young black and Latino men.

I've heard it said that if a single person raises an issue, one should listen politely.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas checks in with the evening forecast for Thursday, June 13, 2013. 

The president of the United Nations General Assembly Vuk Jeremić visited a school Southern Berkshire County yesterday to speak and answer questions from students.

Jeremić arrived at Mt. Everett Regional School in Sheffield via helicopter on Tuesday afternoon. After a luncheon and a meeting with a handful of students at the school’s model United Nations club, he addressed a larger group of high schoolers in the auditorium.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas brings us his evening forecast for Wednesday, June 12, 2013.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas brings us his evening forecast for Tuesday, June 11, 2013.

Two potential data breaches at colleges in the region are drawing attention to cyberhacking and the security of identity records.