Two multistate cannabis testing labs that recently joined forces to establish industry standards are expanding their footprints. Michigan-based multistate lab operator ACT Laboratories acquired Florida testing company Green...
Cannabis industry financial services company Safe Harbor Financial announced a marijuana business banking partnership with Five Star Bank. Any financial terms of the deal between the Colorado- and...
Medical and recreational cannabis markets continue to have a growing impact on the broader U.S. economy, but the state-level impact differs based on each market’s size,...
Hemp plantings in the United States were nearly cut in half in 2022, with 28,400 acres dedicated to growing the plant – slightly more than the...
Cookies, among the most well-known American cannabis operators, is accused in separate lawsuits filed by current investors and a onetime business partner of using coercive “strongarm”...
A new program from Colorado’s Cannabis Business Office and nonprofit partner NuProject will provide loans to cannabis social equity businesses. Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Monday announced...
Lawmakers in Colorado have introduced bipartisan legislation to regulate products with intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids such as delta-8 THC. Two Colorado lawmakers have introduced bipartisan legislation to regulate intoxicating...
Between February 2022 and February 2023, cannabis business owners cut nearly 10,500 jobs in Colorado’s cannabis workforce. Marijuana-related jobs are becoming harder to find in Colorado....
Akerna Corp. backed out of an agreement to sell its marijuana software businesses for $4 million to POSaBit Systems Corp. after a new bidder emerged. POSaBit, which offers payment solutions...
POSaBit Systems Corp. acquired marijuana e-commerce and compliance software assets from Hypur for as much as $7.5 million if certain benchmarks are hit. According to a Monday news...