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Boycott spurs Massachusetts cannabis trade group to withdraw delivery suit

A Massachusetts cannabis retail association is backing off its legal challenge to the state’s social equity-focused delivery licensing…

News January 25
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A dozen retail cannabis licenses could be up for grabs in Arizona

While most adult-use cannabis licenses in Arizona will go to the roughly 120 existing medical marijuana operators in…

News December 14
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Trials minorities face raising marijuana capital: Q&A with DC dispensary owner Linda Mercado Greene

Linda Mercado Greene, co-founder and CEO of Anacostia Organics, was already a successful businesswoman and a veteran political…

News December 6
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Los Angeles selects 200 social equity cannabis retail license finalists

Los Angeles regulators issued the much-anticipated list of 200 finalists in the contentious battle for social equity marijuana…

News December 3
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Rescoring of retail marijuana licenses in Illinois allowed to proceed

An Illinois judge rejected a request to stop state regulators from rescoring retail marijuana license applications, moving a…

News November 13
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Los Angeles hit with another marijuana social equity lawsuit

Another group of frustrated social equity marijuana applicants filed a lawsuit against Los Angeles.

News November 4
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L.A. marijuana delivery lawsuit could be flashpoint among industry stakeholders

The most recent legal fight facing Los Angeles' marijuana licensing process is a lawsuit seeking to overturn a…

News October 23
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L.A. opens licensing round amid waning interest among cannabis entrepreneurs

Los Angeles might be losing its luster – for marijuana entrepreneurs, that is. Long considered the largest cannabis…

News October 23
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Harborside acquires San Francisco social equity marijuana retailer

Oakland, California-based Harborside said it acquired a majority stake in FGW Haight, a company that in June was…

News October 20
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