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Jon O’Connor and Amy Cirincione O’Connor are the co-founders of Humboldt Social, which offers cannabis-friendly lodging, dining, and event spaces.

Humboldt County, California has approved a $1 million emergency grant program to help cannabis cultivators after wholesale cannabis prices dropped.

The Washington, D.C. City Council has scheduled a public hearing next month to consider legislation to allow adult-use cannabis sales in the district.

A Pennsylvania man is suing his former employer claiming the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and Pennsylvania Human Relations Act when he was fired for using medical cannabis.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing the co-founders of a company that makes cannabis pill Idrasil of $2 million in securities fraud.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón and nonprofit The Social Impact Center identified nearly 60,000 cannabis convictions to be dismissed under criminal justice provisions of California’s cannabis legalization law.

NBA star Chris Webber’s Players Only Holdings broke ground on a 180,000 square-foot, $50 million cannabis “compound” in southwest Detroit that will include a dispensary, cannabis operations and training facility, cultivation facility, and consumption lounge.

The cannabis brand Cookies is being accused of marketing to children due to the company’s name and brand colors.

Researchers found that less than 2% of people living in states that have legalized cannabis have been diagnosed with “cannabis use disorder” and that the reforms were not linked to increased cannabis consumption among youths aged 12-20.

The University of New Mexico is partnering with cannabis education company Green Flower to offer non-credit online cannabis industry certificate programs.

The 2022 California State Fair will host a cannabis flower competition recognizing excellence in the state’s cannabis industry.

New rules from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services aim to phase out polystyrene packaging in favor of hemp-based products.

Mississippi lawmakers have requested a special legislative session dedicated in part to enacting a medical cannabis program.

Washington state will no longer automatically deny cannabis license applications from felons. Starting next month, felonies will be scrutinized but not immediately disqualify an applicant.

Kansas City, Missouri voted on Thursday to end pre-employment cannabis drug screenings at most city jobs.

Crain Communications announced this week it is acquiring the cannabis industry news site Green Market Report.

A new report predicts that global cannabis sales in 2021 will be near $31 billion, about 41% more than last year’s sales.

Jasiel Correia, the former mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts, was handed a six-year prison sentence this week for extorting cannabis companies while in office.

After years of openly conducting illegal sales, Ed Forchoin, aka NJ Weedman, said he will pursue a license to retail cannabis in New Jersey.

For the second time this year, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved the SAFE Banking Act which would allow banks to work with cannabis firms without fear of penalty.

A Pennsylvania bill aims to protect the state’s medical cannabis patients from DUI charges, treating medical cannabis the same as any other prescription medication.

Beginning October 1, medical cannabis patients in Connecticut can grow six plants individually with a maximum of 12 per household.

California-based Catalyst Cannabis Co. filed a lawsuit last week against the state’s Department of Cannabis Control over product diversion due to high tax rates.

New Jersey cannabis regulators have missed the statutory deadline to begin accepting industry applications.