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Lawmakers in the Montana Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee voted 6-4 against a proposal that sought to eliminate adult-use cannabis sales in the state.

A Montana proposal seeks to eliminate the state’s adult-use cannabis dispensaries and raise the medical cannabis tax from 4% to 20%.

Pennsylvania’s latest adult-use cannabis legalization proposal would see state-licensed liquor stores control the retail cannabis market.

Illinois generated $36.1 million in tax revenue from cannabis sales to Wisconsin residents last year, according to a recent report.

A recent proposal in Washington state would create about 100 new retail adult-use cannabis dispensary licenses reserved for social equity applicants.

New York is being sued by several of its medical cannabis operators over the state’s plan to give the first adult-use retail cannabis licenses to social equity applicants.

New York’s slower-than-expected adult-use cannabis roll-out could cost the state $2.6 billion in related tax revenues over the next eight years, according to a new report.

Michigan’s average price-per-ounce for cannabis flower fell from $152 in January 2022 to just $80 in January 2023.

Lawmakers in the Maryland House passed a bill to establish regulations for the state’s forthcoming adult-use cannabis market.

Oregon cannabis prices reached an all-time low of $4 per gram at the beginning of 2023.

Lawmakers in the Kentucky House of Representatives passed a bill to regulate delta-8 THC products in the state. The proposal stops short of an outright ban.

Missouri’s newly legal cannabis industry topped $100 million in sales during its first month of adult-use sales.

New York officials announced they are doubling the number of cannabis dispensary licenses in the state from 150 to 300.

Michigan’s adult-use cannabis industry sold $1.8 billion worth of product during the fiscal year 2022.

California cannabis sales declined in 2022 for the first time since the state launched its adult-use marketplace in 2018.

Arizona cannabis sales surpassed $1.4 billion last year, largely driven by the state’s adult-use market.

California cannabis regulators have launched a $20 million grant program aimed at expanding consumer access to licensed cannabis products.

Vermont cannabis retailers sold about $5.7 million worth of cannabis products in January.

Lawmakers in a Virginia House committee this week tabled a proposal to establish state regulations for an adult-use retail cannabis market, effectively killing the bill for this year’s legislative session.

Massachusetts regulators voted to extend several pandemic-related cannabis policies including medical cannabis telehealth consultations and dispensary curbside pickup services.

Holistic Solutions — the first Black woman-owned cannabis dispensary in New Jersey — opens this week in Waterford.

The New York City Police Department filed lawsuits on Tuesday aiming to shut down four companies that the police claim have been illegally selling cannabis products in Manhattan.

A Virginia House panel voted down two bills this week that sought to establish regulations for retail cannabis sales in the state.

Massachusetts’ total cannabis sales since the state’s 2018 launch of the adult-use marketplace have now surpassed $4 billion.