Sep 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Hytek’s Lantz and Rkive’s Banana Peelz took top honors at Michigan’s Zalympix, a high-profile competition often dubbed the “Grammys of Cannabis.” The winners of the fourth-annual event were announced Saturday night at the Crofoot in Pontiac. People who bought a...
Sep 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
August was a banner month for cannabis sales in Michigan with more than $283 million worth of product sold, according to the latest figures provided by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency. Sales last month were 3.2 percent higher than July, but not enough to equal what was...
Sep 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Michigan Senate Democrats are reportedly moving toward implementing a major tax hike on marijuana that was previously proposed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D). While no legislation to effectuate the policy change has been filed yet, the plan is to impose a 32...
Sep 11, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Administrative formal complaints and disciplinary actions taken against adult-use/medical licensees in August are now available for review in the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s August 2025 Disciplinary Action Report. This month’s disciplinary actions: Sturgis 586...
Sep 10, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A Traverse City man accused of failing to pay taxes while receiving income from a black-market marijuana operation has been arraigned on felony charges. John Cunningham, 55, was arraigned in the 54-A District Court in Lansing on Friday, Sept. 5, on two counts of...
Sep 10, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Cannabis Regulatory Agency is asking the state Legislature for help addressing black-market growing and selling of marijuana. At the agency’s most recent public meeting, regulators said they need more authority to address illicit activity in the...
