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Illinois restricts cannabis electricity and water use

Illinois, the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana, is tightening its laws on electricity and water usage for…

News September 3
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Illinois licenses first five adult-use marijuana retailers

Illinois awarded its first licenses to businesses that can sell recreational cannabis when it becomes legal in the…

News August 30
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Green Thumb reports increased cannabis revenue on net quarter loss

Green Thumb Industries (GTI), a vertically integrated, multistate marijuana company based in Chicago, on Wednesday reported revenue of…

News August 28
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Green Thumb completes $60 million marijuana firm acquisition

Chicago-based Green Thumb Industries (GTI) announced Monday it completed its $59.6 million cash and stock acquisition of Fiorello…

News August 26
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Cresco Labs reports increased marijuana revenue, net quarter loss

Cresco Labs, a multistate cannabis company based in Chicago, on Wednesday reported revenue of $29.9 million for the second…

News August 21
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Week in Review: IL ups MMJ program, more CannTrust woes, NM studies legalizing adult-use cannabis & more

Illinois adds more qualifying medical cannabis conditions, CannTrust hit with second noncompliance notice for another facility, New Mexico…

News August 16
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Illinois expands medical marijuana market in advance of recreational launch

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation adding new qualifying conditions, including chronic pain, to the state’s medical cannabis…

News August 13
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Chart: Medical marijuana markets expanding at varying rates, with Oklahoma, Florida setting the pace

While medical marijuana is legally available in 36 states and Washington DC, the fragmented nature of the industry…

News August 13
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Cresco rebranding medical marijuana dispensaries to Sunnyside

Chicago-based Cresco Labs will rebrand its medical cannabis dispensaries under the name Sunnyside, a move designed to put…

News July 29
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Week in Review: CannTrust’s cannabis regulatory woes, Florida MMJ caps, push for Congress’ support of STATES Act & more

CannTrust is zapped by Health Canada for unlicensed cannabis cultivation, Florida’s medical marijuana license caps and vertical integration…

News July 12
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