BOSTON A new bill on Beacon Hill would provide a set of rules on how officials can use the license plate reading camera systems that are found across the state, including at the Bourne and Sagamore bridges.
The bill, filed by state Rep. Sarah Peake, would provide “guardrails” around automatic license plate readers, which capture drivers license plates and store the information in a state database, according to Peake, D-Provincetown.
If passed, it would be unlawful for state officials to use the readers to monitor or track activity protected under the First Amendment and would limit any data retention to 14 days unless it is connected with a criminal investigation where there is a link between the data and the crime.
Jason McCarthy, planner, Marquette Township
MARQUETTE The license application fee schedule for recreational and medical marijuana facilities was approved during the Feb. 2 Marquette Charter Township Board meeting.
A $5,000 non-refundable fee per license application, with subsequent renewal applications set at $2,500, was approved by the township board of trustees.
Marquette Township Planner and Zoning Administrator Jason McCarthy outlined the reasons for the prices of the proposed fees.
“There is a lot more involved because they are all conditional uses, neighbor notifications similar to other special uses,” he said. “Certainly (it takes) an extra amount of administrative work to conduct these.”
Applicants can file at the zoning administrator’s office at the Marquette Township Hall. Applicants are also encouraged to obtain the pre-qualification status from the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs before applying. This LARA pre-qualification stat
Shares of
Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ:BNGO) furthered their recent gains on Monday. By the close of trading, the genome analysis company s stock price was up 28.4%.
So what
Bullish analyst remarks have likely contributed to Bionano s recent ascent. Maxim analyst Jason McCarthy reiterated his buy rating on Bionano s shares and boosted his price forecast sevenfold from $2 to $14 on Friday.
Bionano Genomics stock rose sharply in recent days. Image source: Getty Images.
McCarthy believes the recent Next-Generation Cytogenomics Symposium during which doctors and scientists highlighted the impressive capabilities of its Saphyr optical genome mapping (OGM) system helped to demonstrate the important role Bionano could serve in the healthcare industry. Awareness, adoption, and messaging in 2019 and 2020 culminated with a cytogenetics symposium that has opened the eyes of the genomics world to Saphyr, in our view, McCarthy said.