May 12, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
A long-awaited plan to create 110 new recreational marijuana retail licenses and expand minority ownership in Illinois is expected to be introduced in Springfield this week. The new licenses would be in addition to 75 pending licenses that are to be awarded in a...
May 12, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Federal legislation advancing through Congress this session could lead to more banks serving marijuana-related businesses in the U.S. and Michigan. The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act passed the U.S. House in April on a bipartisan 321-101 vote. The bill...
May 7, 2021 | Feature, FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
MUSKEGON – Connie Maxim-Sparrow joined MITech TV Host Mike Brennan to introduce the CannaSocialEquityFund.Org to help contributors formulate goals related to social equity programs that promote change at the community level in the State of Michigan with particular...
May 6, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A group of the state’s largest cannabis companies is lobbying the Michigan state legislature to regulate Delta-8 THC, primarily manufactured from legal hemp-derived CBD, in the same way Delta-9 THC is grown by association members. On Tuesday, Michigan Cannabis...
May 6, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A building that once housed the Flint police academy in Michigan could become a cannabis cultivation facility if a proposed sale now being considered by the city council becomes final. If the transaction goes through, the site would become a marijuana...
May 6, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Ann Arbor is getting its first commercial marijuana consumption lounge and officials say it also will be the first of its kind in Michigan. Plans are in the works to convert the pink house at 336 S. Ashley St. — next to the Liberty Provisioning Center marijuana...
