Jan 21, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan regulators confirmed earlier this month that the state’s new 24% wholesale tax will not be tracked within Metrc, forcing operators to calculate the levy manually outside the system of record. The advisory bulletin places the entire administrative burden...
Jan 21, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In an attempt to ensure tighter safety controls on Michigan’s cannabis industry, Rep. Mike Mueller (R-Linden) presented a bill to the Michigan House Rules Committee Jan. 16 that would establish a statewide cannabis reference laboratory to standardize testing...
Jan 21, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Pinconning-based Pincanna has shuttered its 135,000-square-foot grow facility and a dispensary on the same property off of Interstate 75 in Bay County. It previously shuttered its four other dispensaries in Kalamazoo, East Lansing, Kalkaska and Mount Pleasant. ...
Jan 20, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
The citizen-led ballot initiative to repeal Ohio’s new marijuana law has already hit a snag. Ohioans For Cannabis Choice — the group seeking to repeal Senate Bill 56, which they say recriminalizes the use of cannabis — learned this week that Attorney General Dave Yost...
Jan 20, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
Governor Andy Beshear provided updates on medical cannabis, tourism, law enforcement basic training and more. Officials say Dr. Steven Stack, secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, joined the Governor to provide an update on the Our Healthy Kentucky...
Jan 20, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan marijuana sales revenue in 2025 declined for the first time since the market opened in December 2019. Michigan marijuana retailers collected about $3.17 billion in sales last year, a $113 million dip from the $3.29 billion tallied in 2024, according...
