Utah medical marijuana dispensary workers vote to unionize with UFCW
Employees of Dragonfly Wellness, a medical marijuana dispensary in Salt Lake City, voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers.
New York to issue 1,500 more marijuana business licenses
New York regulators plan to issue as many as 1,500 new marijuana business licenses as unsold cannabis continues to build up among growers in a market where only a couple of dozen retailers have opened their doors.
Montana marijuana lab closes over compliance-software concern
Owners of a marijuana testing lab in Montana said they’ve shut down out of concern that regulators are more focused on tax revenue and less on a concern that the state’s compliance software could lead to untested cannabis.
How labor unions can benefit cannabis operators
Conventional wisdom contends that businesses and labor unions are naturally adversarial. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Wisconsin Democrats launch new marijuana legalization campaign
Wisconsin Democratic legislators have renewed their push to legalize medical and adult-use marijuana in the state, one of 10 without a legal MJ program of some form.
Applications for hemp-derived business permits surge in Minnesota
More than 1,000 companies and entrepreneurs have applied for business licenses to be part of Minnesota’s booming low-dose, hemp-derived products market.
Alaska eases rules on marijuana ads and sampling, eyes tax reform
Alaska is easing restrictions on marijuana advertising and product sampling, the latest step toward liberalizing the state’s cannabis program as state lawmakers also contemplate MJ tax reform.
