May 17, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Rapper-turned-country singer Jelly Roll will make a stop at the Greenhouse of Walled Lake dispensary to promote his new cannabis brand and offer fans a free listening party for his anticipated upcoming album, Whitsitt Chapel. “I love it when we can give back to...
May 17, 2023 | Great Lakes Region
More than 100 unionized workers at five Illinois cannabis stores owned by PharmaCann have approved a deal that will give them 20% raises over three years. The contracts, approved last week, affect workers at PharmaCann’s Verilife stores in Romeoville, Chicago,...
May 17, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
If you’re 19 or 20, you can sell or serve alcohol in Michigan, and you can work at a medical marijuana facility. Apply to work at a recreational marijuana dispensary, though, and you’ll get told to come back when you’re 21. Some Michigan lawmakers and industry groups...
May 17, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The state of Michigan may drop a requirement that all applicants test negative for marijuana before they are hired for state jobs after the Free Press highlighted how the civil service rule was exacerbating a state hiring crunch. On Friday, the Michigan Civil...
May 16, 2023 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency reported that April cannabis sales totaled $246.1, a 1.5 percent from a record setting $250 million in March. Since April had one less day than March, the April figure is nearly the same as the month before. Still, the April sales...
May 10, 2023 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In the predawn darkness, a stolen pickup truck barreled down Interstate 75, fleeing from a burgled Bay County marijuana store. Pursued by a Michigan State Police car, the truck veered across lanes as its speed topped 120 mph, causing heaps of purloined weed to rise...
