Kalamazoo spends $1M to start ‘Social Equity Cannabis Chamber’
KALAMAZOO, MI — The city of Kalamazoo plans to use tax revenue generated by recreational marijuana sales to support cannabis education and job training for residents. Earlier this month, the City Commission approved a $900,000, three-year contract with Detroit...
Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board issues first operating license to Las Vegas business
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board has officially issued their first license to operate a cannabis consumption lounge in Nevada and it’s going to a Las Vegas business. On Thursday, the board said they first license has been awarded to Smoke...
Issue 287: Business and equity
Hello everyone! We’ve got a CRC meeting today. It’s always a lot to push out a newsletter and do regular news coverage for NJ.com on the same day, so we’re publishing this newsletter ahead of the meeting. I’ll send out the CRC meeting recap through NJCI after it...
Stanislaus County leans toward putting cannabis tax on November ballot. What are the rates?
Stanislaus County voters could see a cannabis tax on the November ballot that would apply to licensed businesses in the unincorporated areas. The cannabis tax would replace the fees in development agreements with beleaguered cannabis operations to simplify assessments...
City won’t allow marijuana businesses in residential areas
Tribune Mark Shaffer, The Ironton Tribune, Ohio February 14, 2024 at 4:24 PM Feb. 14—Council will reopen discussion on water security deposits On Thursday, the Ironton City Council held a public meeting about marijuana businesses being allowed to operate in...
CBD Stocks Creating Opportunities – Established (BCCI), (STG), (WEED), (ACRGF), (RLTR), (CBMJ), and Newcomer (VAPR) Lead the Charge
You would have to be living in isolation to have not picked up on the hottest marijuana derivative consumable and therapeutic center isolate CBD. CBD “Cannabidiol” is the non-psychoactive full spectrum derivative of the hemp and marijuana plant largely credited for the majority of the medical beneficial attributes associated with marijuana.
DEA begins picking witnesses for December cannabis hearing
The Drug Enforcement Administration is preparing for its Dec. 2 hearing on cannabis rescheduling by starting the process of picking witnesses to speak. The federal agency notified a number of parties …
Joyce Craig, Democrat
Broad-based sales tax: “Joyce opposes a sales or income tax and would veto them as governor. Joyce recognizes we have to take action to reduce property taxes to ease the burden on hardworking Granite …
Marijuana delivery companies no longer have to staff each car with two employees, cannabis commission says
The change comes as a relief for many businesses, for whom the two-driver rule made it difficult to turn a profit.
New York City’s illicit marijuana crackdown is unconstitutional, judge rules
A New York Superior Court judge in Queens’s ruling jeopardizes the crackdown credited with rescuing the state’s legal cannabis market.
Mike Tyson Launches New Line Of Cannabis Seeds For Home Growers
Former heavyweight boxing champion and legal weed entrepreneur Mike Tyson on Tuesday unveiled a new line of cannabis seeds that is now available to home growers through a collaboration with the famed pot seed bank Royal Queen Seeds. The initial offering of seeds for...
LEDA funds help Clovis cannabis company expand
Tribune Nakayla MCCLELLAND, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. February 12, 2024 at 9:02 PM Feb. 12—Vana LLC, a woman-owned cannabis manufacturer, will be the first cannabis business to receive money from the state Local Economic Development Act fund, according to a news...
Dispensary in Bushwick opens its doors for business
Feb 12, 2024, 11:21pmUpdated 12h ago A legal recreational cannabis dispensary in Bushwick is now open for business, making it the first dispensary in the neighborhood. Emerald Dispensary, located on Suydam Street, attracted customers from across the five boroughs to...
New cannabis dispensary opens in Colonie
Legacy Dispensary opens on Central Avenue A variety of cannabis products are now available for legal and local purchase at Legacy Dispensary, which recently opened its doors on Central Avenue in Colonie. The dispensary is open seven days a week, and online ordering is...
Cannabis Social Equity: Struggles, Success
As we celebrate Black History Month this February, the ever-crucial issue of social equity—programs promoting equitable ownership among marginalized groups—within the legal cannabis industry has taken on an even greater significance, as the wheels of economic justice...
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