Jan 22, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) educational session on Jan.29 features CRA/Metrc Lead Analyst Garrett Shireman on compliant trade sample transfers as he reviews how to avoid making these errors, improve inventory tracking, and avoid potential non-compliance. The...
Jan 21, 2026 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Indecisive Niles Township voters have spoken. The response is a lawsuit — with potentially more to come. More than 20 marijuana businesses announced plans to open in the community of nearly 15,000 residents after elected officials in April passed an ordinance allowing...
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...
