U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is scheduled to talk with cannabis industry executives this week in California about marijuana banking legislation and other issues, perhaps signaling that the Kentucky Republican is open to MJ reform. [include_post...
Law enforcement authorities across the country, including the FBI, have cast a wide net in their efforts to root out corruption among local government officials overseeing the marijuana industry.
A Michigan medical marijuana testing laboratory whose license was suspended in August for alleged safety violations has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to resolve state charges. Iron Laboratories of Walled Lake also agreed to improve its procedures and provide...
The cannabis industry experienced a 62% year-over-year jump in banking options in the federal government's most recent quarter. The number of banks and credit unions actively serving the marijuana industry totaled 715 in the U.S. government's fiscal third quarter,...
Criminal charges were dismissed against a Massachusetts marijuana license holder who allegedly conspired with another man to set up an illicit cannabis cultivation operation. A District Court judge dismissed a marijuana trafficking conspiracy charge against Mark...
Maine state officials said they are poised to begin accepting adult-use marijuana license applications before the end of the year and expect customers will have the ability to purchase products in retail stores by March. There are no statewide license caps, but...
The Alaska Alcoholic Beverage Control Board wants to remove the state’s top alcohol and marijuana regulator, marking the latest potentially destabilizing development for the state’s cannabis industry.
Michigan regulators released detailed instructions on how businesses can apply for adult-use cannabis licenses beginning Nov. 1.
Nearly 800 cannabis business leaders and policy experts led by the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) are calling on Congress to remove marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act as the vaping crisis continues. “The recent illnesses are an...
Michigan cannabis regulators more than doubled the number of communities eligible for social equity assistance, which will mean reduced application fees for potentially dozens of additional recreational marijuana business applicants. The expansion from 19 to 41...
A Pennsylvania state lawmaker introduced a recreational cannabis legalization bill that calls for retail stores to be operated by the state Liquor Control Board, a move that would limit private business opportunities. The proposed law, introduced by Democratic Rep....
Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak appointed an executive director to the new Cannabis Compliance Board (CCB), which is aimed at providing stronger oversight of the state’s $640 million legal cannabis industry.
