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Cannabis consumption lounges coming to Kansas City, Missouri

Officials are drafting new rules and licensing regulations that would allow marijuana consumption lounges to open in Kansas…

News September 9
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Chicago alderman won’t allow cannabis dispensary owned by ex-cops

A Chicago alderman blocked a proposal from a business that includes former police officers from opening a marijuana…

News September 3
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Minnesota marijuana regulators to award new licenses via lottery

Minnesota will hold a license lottery on Tuesday entrepreneurs who want to enter the state’s recreational cannabis retail…

News July 18
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Cookies owes $8.4 million to partner on San Francisco cannabis store

Prominent cannabis brand Cookies is on the hook to pay its former partner on a failed San Francisco…

News July 9
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New York consulting firm to evaluate Missouri’s marijuana market

Missouri regulators have awarded New York-based Cannabis Public Policy Consulting a $238,700 contract to study the state’s marijuana…

News July 2
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Minnesota awards 249 recreational marijuana licenses via lottery

Minnesota awarded 249 recreational marijuana business licenses during a Thursday lottery held roughly two years after the state…

News June 6
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Marijuana cultivation, manufacturing licenses up for grabs in Minnesota lottery

Minnesota will take the next step in launching its adult-use marijuana market when the state holds lotteries on…

News May 6
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Rhode Island closer to licensing 24 new recreational marijuana stores

Rhode Island regulators might soon license 24 new recreational marijuana stores now that the state has signed off…

News April 15
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Minnesota posts recreational marijuana rules; politico predicts no sales till 2026

The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management on Monday published the rules for the impending recreational marijuana market in…

News April 14
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