The coronavirus-related enhanced jobless benefit of $600 a week that recently expired would be cut to $400 a week under an executive memorandum signed by President Donald Trump over the weekend. It's unclear how quickly the jobless benefit will be put in place or to...
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Arizona adult-use marijuana initiative wins key legal battle
An Arizona county judge rejected a challenge to a proposed voter initiative to legalize recreational marijuana. If the ruling is upheld after expected appeals to the state Supreme Court and if enough qualifying signatures are certified by the secretary of state in the...
Massachusetts cannabis processor fined $120,000 for using excess ethanol
Massachusetts regulators fined a marijuana grower/processor $120,000 for selling vape cartridges in late 2018 and early 2019 that exceeded ethanol limits. The state's cannabis tracking system flagged a transaction that showed a failed test for cartridges processed by...
Michigan cannabis worker allegedly licked pre-rolls, sparking vast recall
Michigan marijuana regulators issued a broad product recall Thursday based on a "confirmed complaint" that a processing worker licked pre-rolls. The Michigan Regulatory Agency's product recall covered more than 3,000 pre-rolls from 14 retail locations across the...
Illinois urged to apply adult-use marijuana tax revenue to social equity
Illinois should use tax revenue from recreational marijuana sales to help social equity applicants who continue to accrue expenses because of extended coronavirus-fueled licensing delays, an industry group says.
Ohio medical marijuana firms seek expansion to meet growing demand
Medical cannabis companies in Ohio, complaining that market growth is being constrained, are calling for more dispensaries and permission to expand cultivation facilities. The complaints come as MMJ sales in the state reached the milestone of $100 million...
Pennsylvania wraps up medical marijuana research partnerships
Marijuana multistate operator Parallel will provide $3 million in grants to the University of Pittsburgh to research medical cannabis under a 10-year agreement. The partnership is the eighth and final of such alliances permitted under Pennsylvania’s medical marijuana...
MI may allow stand-alone adult-use cannabis licenses earlier than expected
Michigan is considering making recreational-only licenses available to marijuana businesses in November, a year ahead of schedule, according to the state’s top cannabis regulator.
Week in Review: Cannabis investors eye NJ, program delays in Illinois and Maine, US House votes to protect adult-use markets & more
Some of New Jersey’s medical marijuana operators already are investing heavily to expand cultivation facilities and other infrastructure to prepare for the expected rollout of an adult-use market.
As federal $600 weekly jobless benefit expires, cannabis sales at risk
The U.S. government’s temporary lifeline to tens of millions of unemployed workers - $600 a week in extra jobless benefits - has likely boosted cannabis sales across much of the country amid the coronavirus-induced recession. But that benefit expired July 31, and no...
US House endorses protections for adult-use marijuana programs
The U.S. House, for the second year in a row, passed an amendment that would prevent the Department of Justice from interfering with state-legal recreational and medical cannabis programs.
SEC sues six in alleged $25M scam involving two cannabis enterprises
Federal securities regulators have accused six people of deceiving investors by promising astounding returns as part of an alleged $25 million scam for a supposed marijuana farm and CBD extraction facility in California.













