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Regulators want funding to speed up Massachusetts marijuana licensing

Massachusetts regulators are seeking additional money from the state in order to cut in half the time required to…

News February 25
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Massachusetts bribery case could affect marijuana business licensing

The U.S. attorney for Massachusetts is trying to gain access to sealed records for a federal cannabis  bribery…

News February 12
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Acreage acknowledges MA cannabis contracts may violate state law

Acreage Holdings, one of the largest multistate cannabis operators in the U.S., appears ready to rewrite contracts with…

News February 10
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Boston’s first adult-use marijuana retailer could open in March

Massachusetts regulators on Thursday approved a business license for the first recreational cannabis store in Boston. The approval…

News February 6
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Massachusetts advances bill to better regulate cannabis company fees

The oversight of payments that Massachusetts marijuana companies make to the municipalities in which they do business would be tightened…

News February 6
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Boston’s first adult-use cannabis store to open under social equity owners

The first recreational marijuana store in Boston could be open for business by March. The store, Pure Oasis, also…

News January 31
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Cannabis trade group’s report targets illicit market in response to vaping health crisis

The marijuana industry’s largest trade association released a report Tuesday on the vaping health scare that calls on cannabis business…

News January 28
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Massachusetts urges revamp of scrutinized municipal marijuana pacts

Accords between Massachusetts municipalities and marijuana businesses, known as host community agreements (HCA), would be solely reviewed and…

News January 28
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Week in Review: US House members reach out to Senate on marijuana banking, Cresco gets $200M in debt financing, Denver MJ store burglaries & more

Sponsors of the cannabis banking bill that passed the U.S. House appeal to the chair of a key…

News January 25

Tilt changes cannabis ‘management and loan’ practices in Massachusetts

Tilt Holdings, a Massachusetts-based marijuana company being investigated for allegedly trying to control more than the state-allowed three…

News January 17
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