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Applicants from outside Minnesota seek adult-use marijuana social equity licenses

Almost half the applicants for marijuana social equity licenses in Minnesota don’t live in the state.

News August 20
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Minnesota starts adult-use marijuana social equity license application process

Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management has opened its first social equity business license application window for the state's…

News July 26
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Minnesota cannabis social equity verification opens June 24

Minnesota social equity applicants can start the verification process next week to secure the first adult-use marijuana business…

News June 20
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New York hit with another lawsuit challenging marijuana social equity

A new lawsuit is challenging New York's Conditional Adult-Use Retail Dispensary program for marijuana social equity applicants.

News May 17
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Against the odds: Haitian emigrant taps his Boston neighborhood for cannabis success

How Jeffrey Simien evolved from an 11-year-old Haitian emigrant to a successful cannabis entrepreneur at 38 in his…

News May 10
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Illinois issues 35 conditional social equity adult-use marijuana licenses

Illinois has issued 35 more conditional adult-use retail licenses to social equity applicants.

News May 6
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Massachusetts’ marijuana social equity grant program awards $2.35M in launch

A long-delayed social equity fund intended to prop up small marijuana businesses in Massachusetts has launched.

News April 22
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Arizona cannabis social equity reform failure highlights broader struggle

Predatory investors hijacked the cannabis social equity program in Arizona, where only three of the original 26 license…

News April 16
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Maryland licenses 174 adult-use marijuana social equity operators

Maryland regulators have awarded 174 adult-use marijuana social equity licenses.

News April 3
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