A California state budget trailer bill unveiled this week finalized language regarding cannabis tax issues that have been hotly debated for months, and it appears the industry might have scored a significant victory.
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Boston-area lawyer indicted for marijuana-related bribery attempt
A Boston-area attorney has been indicted for allegedly trying to bribe a municipal police chief in a “pay-to-play scheme” that could have won a local marijuana business permit for a client.
Key marijuana tax reforms absent in California budget blueprint
California lawmakers approved a preliminary $300 billion state budget this month, but they left several marijuana business issues unresolved – the latest sign of the industry’s lack of influence at the state Capitol in Sacramento.
Employees at California marijuana distributor ratify Teamsters contract
Workers at Oakland, California-based marijuana distributor Nabis ratified their first union contract, the Teamsters Local 630 announced.
State AGs urge Congress to clamp down on ‘copycat’ marijuana edibles
Nearly two dozen state attorneys general from across the U.S. signed a letter to congressional leaders this week urging lawmakers to crack down on marijuana edibles brands that imitate popular mainstream candies.
SAFE stripped from omnibus bill; new marijuana banking measure introduced
The SAFE Banking Act has hit yet another wall in Congress and won’t be included in the final version of an economic stimulus bill.
Montana county putting marijuana sales tax back on ballot after clerical error
Because of an administrative error, a rural county in Montana must put a local sales tax on the November ballot even though the taxes – for both recreational and medical marijuana – were approved by voters a few weeks ago.
New York spending $200 million on marijuana social equity properties
New York is set to inject $200 million into the local marijuana real estate market, leasing up to 150 retail properties that will be given to social equity businesses to give them a leg up in the state’s new recreational market.
Oklahoma lawyers charged with violating marijuana residency law
Two Oklahoma attorneys are facing criminal charges for allegedly helping out-of-state medical marijuana growers skirt a law requiring MMJ companies to be at least 75% owned by state residents.
IL judge lifts order keeping marijuana growers from prepping for launch
An Illinois judge cleared the way for 88 craft marijuana growers to prepare to start planting as he reversed a restraining order he issued on behalf of a dozen cultivation applicants who lost cannabis license bids.
NM company sues to force health insurers to cover medical cannabis
A licensed medical cannabis company in New Mexico known for its lawsuits has filed another, this time in an attempt to force seven major insurance companies to reimburse about 74,000 patients in the state for their MMJ products.
Arkansas Supreme Court blasts failings of state medical marijuana regulators
Arkansas Supreme Court justices had harsh criticism for the state’s medical marijuana regulators in both concurring and dissenting opinions in a recent lawsuit over an MMJ business license.
