Oct 10, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan House of Representatives voted 90 to 15 Oct. 6 to pass Senate Bill 180, a little less than four months after the measure passed the Senate 29 to 9. The proposed law will soon be sent to the desk of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and a spokesperson for...
Oct 9, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Bipartisan legislation that would allow Michigan’s state-licensed marijuana businesses to conduct trade with tribal cannabis entities located in the state won approval from the full House of Representatives this week. The bills, passed by the Senate in June, next...
Oct 4, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
It is the second attempt at Jayden’s Law, a two-bill package introduced by Democrats in the Michigan House that would allow students to use medical cannabis at school. The bill’s sponsors say they want all students to be allowed to take the...
Oct 4, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Rows of cannabis plants grow thick and tall in Michigan’s rich sandy soil. The marijuana fields look like any other farm with plants sticking out of the ground, complex irrigation systems and a fall harvest season bustling with farmworkers. Marijuana also grows lush...
Oct 4, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
LIV Cannabis Co. opened Westland LIV Cannabis at 37655 Ford Road on Oct. 2. The new retail location will be the city’s first recreational cannabis dispensary and provide a convenient location to access LIV along the Ford Road and I-275 corridors, the company said in a...
Oct 4, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson will spend the next four and a half years in federal prison, a remarkable fall from his tenure in state politics brought on by taking tens of thousands of dollars in bribes for medical marijuana licenses. Johnson,...
