Los Angeles has revised its cannabis ordinance and tweaked some other related rules in an effort to speed up business license application processing and approval timelines.
Lawmakers in the Massachusetts House joined their Senate counterparts in approving legislation to promote greater diversity in the state’s licensed cannabis industry.
Illinois, once lauded for creating a potential social equity blueprint for the marijuana industry, continues to struggle to get its program off the ground.
A Massachusetts bill that would create a fund to help marijuana social equity applicants access capital passed the state Senate.
The Arizona Department of Health Services awarded 26 coveted social equity cannabis business permits during a long-awaited license lottery.
A new campaign in Los Angeles filed a potential ballot measure with the hope of lowering marijuana business taxes and also redirect cannabis tax revenue to social equity MJ companies.
Arizona regulators are facing a third lawsuit over marijuana social equity licensing in the state.
Denver approved the city’s first social equity license for a marijuana consumption lounge, a move that could lead to a boost in sales for the market as people have more places to consume.
While negative headlines pour in about cannabis social equity program delays, barriers and failures, success stories also are beginning to emerge.
The largest cannabis trade association in Illinois, which includes multistate operators, reportedly is resisting proposed legislation that would enable social equity-owned craft cultivators increase their canopy size and better compete.
Connecticut opened the window Thursday to social equity applicants seeking to build and operate cannabis cultivation facilities totaling up to 250,000 square feet as part of the state’s upcoming adult-use market.
A lawsuit that attempted to keep coveted social equity marijuana business licenses in Arizona out of the hands of big businesses has been dismissed, with the presiding judge ruling that state regulators have acted in keeping with the law.
