There are a few simple truths about social equity in cannabis: People from marginalized communities need job opportunities, companies need skilled workers and government mandates aren’t...
New York regulators on Monday issued the first 36 marijuana retail licenses for an adult-use market that officials insist will open by year’s end. That timeline took a...
New York cannabis regulators could issue the first adult-use marijuana retail licenses as soon as Monday. That’s when the state Cannabis Control Board will consider the...
A Republican congressman notorious for blocking federal marijuana reform nearly derailed a “historic” Capitol Hill hearing on federal legalization Tuesday when he compared the MJ industry to slavery,...
LAS VEGAS – International marijuana brand Cookies will begin selling seeds for home cultivation, cannabis entrepreneur and rapper Berner said Wednesday on the Main Stage at...
Both stores are in Chicago. A pair of newly opened recreational cannabis shops in Chicago have made history as the state of Illinois’ first two social...
Illinois regulators issued the state’s first social equity adult-use marijuana retail license to an ownership group comprised of “wealthy and connected” Chicago entrepreneurs, including a former police officer....
Illinois is offering a total of $8.75 million in forgivable loans to conditionally approved social equity marijuana licensees “in order to provide immediate access to capital” after challenges...
The first cannabis store operated by a social equity licensee opened in Sacramento, California, roughly two years after the City Council authorized and designated 10 retail licenses for...
Marijuana legalization’s yearslong winning streak finally stopped at a red wall in conservative states in the South and West, but the 2022 election did bring victories...