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Beacon Hill Reaches Compromise On Recreational Marijuana Bill

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Beacon Hill lawmakers have hammered out a compromise over contentious changes to the state's voter-approved recreational marijuana bill. It's 17 days after their self-imposed deadline of June 30 to deliver a bill to Governor Baker.

House and Senate lawmakers had been at odds over a number of the changes, including issues around local control and how much to tax recreational pot sales.

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Steve Brown, WBUR State House reporter. He tweets @wbursteve.

This segment aired on July 17, 2017.

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