The president-elect’s attorney general pick was one of the most pro-cannabis lawmakers on Capitol Hill. There’s one group that’s thrilled with Donald Trump’s embattled pick for attorney general: weed companies.…

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Minnesota cannabis regulators say they’ll hold a lottery in the coming weeks to determine who will operate the state’s first legal marijuana businesses, but the Office of Cannabis Management is…

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When Kamala Harris’s campaign team was haggling with Joe Rogan over the conditions that would be placed on a prospective interview, they relayed that the nominee wanted to avoid answering questions…

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The state agency released a bulletin Wednesday advising cultivators to expand protections inside growing facilities. Nearly three years after a worker died from marijuana dust at a cannabis production facility…

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The Cannabis Farmers Alliance says the rollout of the retail market “has been disastrous” for participants at all levels of the industry. A lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of the…

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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to come to the White House with a laundry list of policies he wants to change or reverse. The Biden administration has moved to ease…

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Vince Sliwoski, Managing Partner, Harris Sliwoski Oregon’s Measure 119 passed last week, as expected. This means that as of December 5th, every OLCC licensed retailer, processor, researcher and testing lab must secure a labor…

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In less than two years of selling legal recreational weed, Missouri’s cannabis market has grown to $1.4 billion — outperforming states with a longer history of marijuana legalization like Arizona,…

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The trio say they’re now focused on Fired, which has seven stores in the works between Denver and Aurora. The first dispensary chain founded by Alex Levine, Andy Levine and…

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In addition to the presidential race and all the down ballot state races that were decided Tuesday, voters in Florida, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Texas also made their…

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