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The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama announced a blanket pardon for more than 15,000 misdemeanor cannabis convictions in the city dating back to 1990.

Iowa cannabis advocate Carl Olsen is suing Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) over the state’s delay in allowing medical cannabis use at long-term care facilities, which was mandated under the state’s medical cannabis legalization bill.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved the SAFE Banking Act in an overwhelmingly bipartisan 321-101 vote. The bill moves next to the Senate.

Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed the state’s industrial hemp legalization bill last week. Idaho was the last holdout state for hemp prohibition after the 2018 enactment of federal hemp reforms.

Florida’s proposal to place a THC cap on medical cannabis products appears to be dead for the session after it was denied a hearing in the House Health and Human Services Committee on Monday.

Since Washington’s Supreme Court struck down the state’s minor drug possession laws in February, cities, state lawmakers, and the governor are re-envisioning what drug policy will look like in the Evergreen State.

Ohio’s Board of Pharmacy approved raising the state’s number of licensed medical cannabis dispensaries from 60 to 130.

Two new studies show that cannabis use is associated with greater levels of exercise, further debunking the false “lazy stoner” stereotype.

Separate polls released last week found record-breaking support for cannabis reforms among American voters.

Florida’s Department of Agriculture’s Division of Plant Industry has approved the College of Central Florida to cultivate industrial hemp.

Wisconsin’s top Senate Republican, Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu, said he will not support medical or adult-use cannabis reforms without first seeing federal movement on the issue.

Lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate have proposed bipartisan legislation to federally legalize medical cannabis for combat veterans.

Alabama’s bill to legalize medical cannabis has been approved for consideration on the full House floor; a previous version of the bill already passed the state Senate.

The owner of a Quebec headshop is suing the provincial government over its ban on selling cannabis-themed products; the ban was established after federal legalization and blocks the sale of any cannabis-related merchandise including T-shirts and even books.

Peggy Noonan, the entrepreneur behind Arizona’s first scratch-made cannabis kitchen, died at age 73 after a four-year battle with leukemia.

New Jersey’s highest court ruled this week that a construction company must comp the monthly medical cannabis bill of an injured employee, upholding an appellate court ruling from last year.

Wisconsin’s governor said that Illinois’ governor keeps thanking him for having so many Wisconsinites cross state lines to buy cannabis products and pay Illinois state taxes.

Oklahoma officials have revoked the license of cannabis testing lab Nationwide Engineering Testing, LLC over alleged public health and safety concerns and other violations.

The city councils in St. Louis and Maplewood, Missouri voted to decriminalize cannabis possession on Tuesday.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a 2018 cannabis warehouse robbery that resulted in the theft of nearly $650,000 in cash and over 1,000 pounds of cannabis.

The City Council in Denver, Colorado is poised to approve regulations establishing cannabis delivery, retail social equity licensing, and new social consumption options in the city.

Colorado is holding auctions for several cannabis-themed license plates as a fundraiser to benefit the Colorado Disability Funding Committee; auctioned plates include SATIVA, GANJA, ISIT420, TEGRIDY, and more.

Actor Jaleel White — famous for portraying Steve Urkel in “Family Matters” — is launching a cannabis brand called ItsPurpl in partnership with 710 Labs that will feature variants of the strain Purple Urkle.

Steve Fox, the lead drafter of Colorado’s historic legalization initiative approved by voters in 2012, has died at age 53.