More Illinois marijuana workers vote to join Teamsters
Employees at three marijuana businesses in Illinois voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Employees at three marijuana businesses in Illinois voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Although New Jersey missed a Feb. 22 deadline set by regulators to kick-start adult-use marijuana sales in the state, the launch isn’t far off, Gov. Phil Murphy predicted this week.
In an attempt to head off an expected ballot measure in the fall, the upper chamber of the South Dakota Legislature formally greenlighted an adult-use cannabis legalization bill.
The movement to overhaul federal marijuana policy has gotten more crowded in recent years, with new trade associations, business groups, social justice activists and lobbyists joining calls to legalize the plant.
The collection of stakeholders also has become much more diverse.
A multi-agency crackdown on illegal cannabis grows in Oklahoma resulted in the seizure of roughly $500 million worth of illicit cannabis.
Registered medical marijuana patients in Connecticut are now allowed to buy up to 3.5 ounces of cannabis per month.
The increase from the previous monthly limit of 3 ounces could lead to a sales bump for the state’s 18 dispensaries.
Small and minority-owned marijuana companies likely won’t survive without some help from Congress, an industry insider testified before a subcommittee hearing.
A Michigan marijuana entrepreneur filed a federal lawsuit against Sacramento alleging that the California city’s residency requirement for participation in the cannabis social equity program is a violation of his constitutional rights.
San Diego, home to one of the largest municipal cannabis markets in California, is lowering tax rates on local manufacturers and growers in an effort to boost production overall.
Los Angeles County supervisors gave initial approval to a plan that would create 90 new cannabis business licenses, effectively repealing a 12-year-old ban on commercial marijuana activity in unincorporated parts of the county.
The Democratically controlled Virginia Senate passed a bill to kick-start recreational marijuana sales in September, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled House of Delegates.
Lawmakers in Oklahoma should hit pause on the currently unlimited number of medical marijuana business licenses being issued in the state, a legislative report recommends.