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Illinois hands out three more adult-use cannabis licenses, two in Chicago

Illinois awarded three more medical marijuana retailers licenses to sell recreational cannabis, including two in Chicago. There are…

News November 7
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Experts suggest recent marijuana industry layoffs are part of a reality check; more job cuts expected

Anyone paying attention to cannabis business headlines has noticed what on its face seems a disturbing trend: At…

News November 6
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Cresco Labs growing jobs in Illinois as adult-use marijuana looms

Chicago-based Cresco Labs is more than doubling its workforce in Illinois as the multistate operator prepares for the…

News November 1
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Cannabis firm Green Thumb refuses to recognize Illinois union effort

Chicago-based Green Thumb Industries, a vertically integrated multistate cannabis company, is refusing to recognize a newly formed Teamsters…

News October 31
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Chart: Recreational cannabis stores will be few and far between in Illinois

Recreational cannabis sales are set to begin in Illinois at the start of the new year, but a…

News October 29
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Entrepreneur offers $250,000 in loans for Illinois social equity cannabis applications

An African American entrepreneur is offering $250,000 in loans with either zero or a low interest rate to…

News October 28
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Acreage Holdings inks $72 million cannabis real estate deal

Acreage Holdings, a multistate marijuana operator, signed a sale-leaseback deal valued at more than $72 million for cannabis…

News October 25
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Chicago wants to charge maximum 3% tax on recreational marijuana sales

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot proposed in her 2020 budget that the city impose the maximum local tax of…

News October 24
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Chicago marijuana firm inks $29 million real estate deal

Revolution Global, a Chicago-based cannabis company, will more than double the capacity at its flagship cultivation facility in…

News October 17
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Chicago allows some adult-use cannabis sales downtown

Chicago’s City Council approved a zoning ordinance that bans recreational marijuana stores from the central business district but…

News October 16
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