May 7, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
Illinois cannabis business owners are pleading for relief from the state’s “steep licensing fees” and “overly burdensome” regulations. State Rep. La Shawn Ford, joining several of those business owners Sunday at a news conference on the Near West Side, urged his...
May 7, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
Firelands Scientific announced that its newest The Landing Dispensary, located in Berea, Ohio, will celebrate its grand opening on May 8, following a successful soft opening that began May 1. This new location brings Firelands Scientific’s total retail footprint...
May 7, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
Canadian-based TerrAscend Corp. announced it has closed on its previously announced acquisition of the assets of Ratio Cannabis LLC, a cannabis dispensary located in Goshen Township, Ohio. The acquisition represents TerrAscend’s initial entry into its sixth...
May 7, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
Indiana’s controversial crackdown on cannabis ads. After years of failed attempts, state lawmakers have passed a bill banning marijuana dispensary advertising, despite it being legal just across the border in Michigan. But we found out, some of the billboards in...
May 7, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
State regulators have permanently banned Youssef Barakat from working in or owning any licensed cannabis business in the state, citing a series of serious violations at two marijuana dispensaries he co-owned and operated. The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA)...
May 7, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order on April 30 dismissing the Pinebrook, LLC vs. City of Warren appeals case that has been in litigation for six years. The case was reopened in Macomb County Circuit Court and is still pending there. Attorney representing the...
