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On Presidents’ Day, it feels fitting to focus on executive power and its limits. Today’s briefing tracks a federal hemp fork in the road, a Massachusetts commission weighing a market freeze while its own future is debated, and governors using emergency authority to reshape voter-approved markets. Deadlines are political. Markets are real. The tension lives where those two collide.
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🧪 Congress Faces Hemp Choice
🧊 Massachusetts Eyes License Freeze
⚖️ Enforcement Pressure Builds
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