Illinois regulators on Friday announced tentative winners for 185 new recreational marijuana retail permits.
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What’s next in the City of Angels: Q&A with L.A. marijuana regulator Michelle Garakian
Shortly after Michelle Garakian replaced Cat Packer in March to become the Los Angeles marijuana czar, the city invoked mandatory timelines to process and approve cannabis business applications and licenses.
Unclogging that bottleneck is among the top priorities of Garakian’s strategic plan to improve bureaucracy, communication and assistance to operators and applicants in one of the world’s largest regulated marijuana markets.
Schumer marijuana legalization bill finally introduced in Senate
Legislation to remove the decades-old federal ban on marijuana was at long last introduced Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and cannabis industry leaders were gleeful over the milestone, even though it’s a long shot that the legalization bill will become law.
Denver weighs marijuana delivery and social equity changes
The Denver City Council is considering a proposal that would require marijuana retailers to use only social equity-owned transporters for delivery to customers.
Report: Long-awaited Senate marijuana bill may be offered next week
The U.S. Senate may soon have a formal marijuana legalization bill to consider, according to a report from Bloomberg on Thursday.
Cannabis tech firm CannaRegs securities fraud lawsuit withdrawn
A civil lawsuit that alleged securities fraud by the Denver marijuana tech firm CannaRegs has been voluntarily withdrawn, bringing a two-year legal battle to a close.
RI municipalities begin scheduling votes on legal adult-use marijuana businesses
The first vote among Rhode Island cities and towns on whether to allow adult-use marijuana companies within their borders has been scheduled for the general election ballot this November.
Colorado marijuana business diversity slowly but surely on the rise
Diversity in Colorado’s marijuana business landscape has been slowly but steadily increasing over the past year, according to recent state data.
California governor signs tax relief for cannabis businesses into law
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed California’s 2022-23 state budget into law and, in doing so, enabled a significant shift in cannabis taxes that had long been sought by the industry.
Marijuana TV ads might be protected from FCC under new bill in Congress
Marijuana companies might soon have the option of running television advertisements without fear of federal intervention under a new bill advanced by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee.
DC to allow ‘self-certification’ for all medical marijuana patients
Younger cannabis consumers in the nation’s capital will no longer need a doctor’s recommendation to visit one of Washington DC’s seven medical marijuana dispensaries.
Finger-pointing in Arizona over marijuana social equity hurdles
The failure of a key marijuana bill in Arizona’s Legislature has triggered an angry round of the blame game by social equity advocates, who charge that more established companies torpedoed the bill because they want to keep the state’s cannabis market to themselves.
