Alaska Marijuana Business News
The U.S. cannabis industry is benefiting from long-desired tax relief now that an increasing number of states – 20 so far – have approved laws that exempt, or “decouple,” businesses from Section 280E of the federal tax code.
MJBizDaily mapped a series of visuals illustrating where each marijuana multistate operator is operational.
Medical and recreational cannabis markets continue to have a growing impact on the broader U.S. economy, but the state-level impact differs based on each market’s size, maturity and type.
Alaska’s recreational marijuana taxes are the highest in the country, and New Jersey’s are the lowest.
That’s according to Richard Auxier and Nikhita Airi, the authors of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center’s September report, “The Pros and Cons of Cannabis Taxes.”
Marijuana cultivation will experience the highest job growth in Alaska over the next eight years, according to the latest employment trend report by the state’s labor department.
A look at how marijuana allies in the U.S. House of Representatives fared in their bids to win offices in the 2022 midterm elections.
The Alaska Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office (AMCO) has a new executive director, the state cannabis regulator’s third leader since late 2019.
