Illinois craft cannabis grower bill highlights tension between big companies, minority entrepreneurs
Back in 2019, many marijuana industry experts trumpeted Illinois as setting a new bar for social equity; State…
News March 8
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Rhode Island lawmakers introduce negotiated recreational marijuana bill
Legislators in Rhode Island introduced legislation to legalize recreational cannabis, a product of discussions and negotiations among top…
News March 3
Small-scale cannabis social equity success stories emerge amid stumbles among big programs
While negative headlines pour in about cannabis social equity program delays, barriers and failures, success stories also are…
News March 1
Illinois cannabis MSOs pushing back on social equity bill, report says
The largest cannabis trade association in Illinois, which includes multistate operators, reportedly is resisting proposed legislation that would…
News February 24
Who’s who in federal marijuana reform and legalization
The movement to overhaul federal marijuana policy has gotten more crowded in recent years, with new trade associations,…
News February 24
Minority marijuana companies need federal relief, advocate tells Congress
Small and minority-owned marijuana companies likely won't survive without some help from Congress, an industry insider testified before…
News February 18
Arkansas fights to dismiss racial-bias marijuana dispensary suit
Arkansas state attorneys say that a medical marijuana lawsuit filed by a Black-owned company should be dismissed on…
News February 17
Parallel CEO advocates for breaking down cannabis ‘protectionist policies’
The new chief executive of cannabis multistate operator Parallel took the unusual step this week of publishing an…
News February 17
CA city’s marijuana equity residency requirement unconstitutional, suit says
A Michigan marijuana entrepreneur filed a federal lawsuit against Sacramento alleging that the California city's residency requirement for…
News February 17
New York Senate OKs bill to allow hemp farmers to grow adult-use marijuana
The New York state Senate passed a bill that would provide hemp farmers a conditional license to grow,…
News February 16
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