Sep 23, 2021 | Feature, National
An amendment to the House defense authorization bill that would connect cannabis companies to the banking system has bipartisan support in both chambers, but its chances in the Senate are uncertain. Late on Tuesday evening, the House agreed by voice vote to adopt an...
Sep 21, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
ANN ARBOR – The wave of consolidations in the Michigan cannabis market continued Tuesday when SKYMINT announced the acquisition of 3Fifteen Cannabis, the closing of its concurrent $70 million Senior Secured Term Loan from Tropics LP, an affiliate of SunStream...
Sep 19, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan’s hemp industry could get up to $100 million in federal funds to help it compete globally under a proposal pushed by a nationwide growers association. The state is one of four — along with Oregon, New York and Florida — with emerging hemp industries...
Sep 16, 2021 | Feature, FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Rick Thompson, Executive Director of Michigan NORML, and Dan Sparrow, co-founder of Sparrow Consulting, provided live coverage of the Michigan Medical Caregiver Rally in Lansing on Sept. 15. The Rally was scheduled in anticipation of new legislation introduced that...
Sep 15, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The first shots were fired Tuesday in a long-brewing policy war surrounding the Michigan marijuana industry. Some Michigan marijuana companies and politicians hope to drastically limit the amount of marijuana that loosely regulated medical cannabis caregivers may...
Sep 15, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Medical marijuana caregiver Ryan Bringold has been involved in Michigan’s grassroots efforts to legalize cannabis for years. But as larger licensed recreational and medical cannabis grow facilities and provisioning centers crop up across Michigan, caregivers...
