Ex-Kansas governor defends NY marijuana bidder
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The Times Union reported Wednesday on the critical 2012 audit concerning the Kansas Bioscience Authority and its former leader, Tom Thornton. Thornton now runs North Shore Ventures, a New York company that's part of a bidding team seen as having a good shot at landing one of five lucrative marijuana licences in New York.
The decision by the New York Department of Health is expected this week.
The Kansas audit found Thornton had misspent funds and destroyed documents while running the taxpayer-backed authority. Thornton and a company spokesman didn't return requests for comment Tuesday, but former Kansas Gov. John Carlin, a Democrat who served from 1979 to 1987 and was also chairman of the Kansas Bioscience Authority during part...
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