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Massachusetts governor Maura Healey has taken the initiative to ban single use plastic bottles, at least at state agencies.

The Public Utilities Commission office in Concord will be the site of next months hearing concerning Andy Sanborn.

38-year-old Lindsey Groves of Hudson New Hampshire is to remain in jail, awaiting trial on taking photos of young children at her employer, a daycare center.

Medical marijuana in Maine is under fire for contamination, at least in some samples taken.

Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Chair of the Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight Subcommittee, led a bipartisan hearing examining how advanced technologies —such as artificial intelligence, quantum technology, and bioengineering — may pose risks to national security. At the hearing, Senator Hassan highlighted the need for stronger AI safeguards, given recent incidents where researchers have shown that bad actors could evade current AI safeguards and jailbreak AI systems to get them to provide information on how to produce bioweapons and other dangerous materials. Watch a video of her opening statement below.

NH Senator Hassan

Coming up next, a New Hampshire town will see a new electric vehicle charging station built at a food co-op. Conversation on the The Interview continues with Michael Faber who runs the co-op.