Apr 1, 2026 | Feature, National
For many veterans, the battle doesn’t end when missions end. It shifts from deployment to the maze of a healthcare system that doesn’t recognize the same medicines their states do. Most of the United States now have a regulated cannabis market, with licensed...
Mar 31, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
THC-infused beverages are officially outlawed in Ohio. The beverages are off store shelves and not being served in restaurants and bars, even though local breweries said they were popular there. After the failed petition to place a referendum on Senate Bill 56 on the...
Mar 31, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Four Grand Rapids marijuana businesses say they’re victims of “municipal extortion,” alleging the city used threats to their licenses to extract millions of dollars for a social equity nonprofit that’s not functioning. An amended lawsuit filed in Kent County Circuit...
Mar 31, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Genesee County Sheriff and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Swanson came out strongly in opposition to the 24 percent cannabis tax passed as a part of the Fiscal Year 2026 budget to pay for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) plan to fund road repairs statewide. In...
Mar 31, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A small tourist town in southwest Michigan that welcomed marijuana businesses just a few years ago is now trying to reverse course, proposing a policy that could revoke permits required for cannabis retailers to operate after residents complained about traffic,...
Mar 26, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Declining marijuana tax revenue may mean less money for social services in Ann Arbor. Marti Praschan, the city’s chief financial officer, raised the issue at a City Council budget work session Monday night, March 23, discussing changes with Michigan marijuana taxes...
