Jun 6, 2025 | Feature, National
A new study exploring the impacts of adult-use marijuana legalization on the hospitality industry finds that “hotel revenue increases by 25.2% (or $63,671 monthly) due to dispensary legalization, with the effect continuing to grow even six years after legalization.”...
Jun 4, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Since early 2024, state-licensed cannabis companies in Michigan and across the country have been changing their approach to filing and paying federal taxes — specifically to claim exemption to a little-known 1982 provision in the Internal Revenue Code called Section...
Jun 4, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Four Chinese citizens are facing charges in connection with a massive illegal marijuana growing operation discovered in Iosco County. Michigan State Police executed a search warrant Thursday at a warehouse in Alabaster Township. They located 5,057 marijuana plants...
Jun 3, 2025 | Feature, National
President Donald Trump is again proposing to remove existing protections for states that have legalized medical marijuana, while maintaining a ban that’s prevented Washington, D.C. from enacting a system of regulated adult-use cannabis sales. As part of his budget...
Jun 3, 2025 | Feature, National
With the 2023 Farm Bill delayed yet again—this time extended through Sept. 30, 2025—the most urgent regulatory crisis in the U.S. hemp sector remains unresolved. How much longer will intoxicating hemp-derived products like delta-8 THC continue to define the public...
May 29, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Four20 Media Group is highlighting women who are making a positive difference in the cannabis business community. These leaders were nominated by their peers and then vetted with a panel of judges from the local community. Sherry Smies-Evins is the owner and...
