Dec 11, 2019 | Great Lakes Region
Illinois regulators started taking applications Tuesday for new recreational marijuana retail stores, officials announced. Applications to open up to 75 new adult-use cannabis dispensaries beyond the ones already approved by the state will be taken from 9:30 a.m. to 4...
Dec 11, 2019 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Holistic Industries, a multi-state cannabis company, has plans to convert a blighted former bowling property in Madison Heights into a new $20-million facility. The company will operate in the city as a medical marijuana retailer, processor and grower, Mayor Brian...
Dec 9, 2019 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
LANSING, MI — Long lines, heavy demand, temporary shortages and purchase limits highlighted the first week of recreational marijuana sales in Michigan when a handful of licensed businesses rang up $1.63 million in sales. That translates to nearly $270,414 in tax...
Dec 8, 2019 | Great Lakes Region
On Jan. 1, 2020 recreational cannabis becomes legal in Illinois, but that doesn’t mean you can purchase it anywhere in the state. Only state licensed dispensaries will be allowed to sell marijuana for recreational purposes. Initially, these will...
Dec 7, 2019 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Whether marijuana products sold in the state should have warning labels for pregnant or breastfeeding women was the subject of debate Thursday by the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee. Two bills before the committee for testimony, HB...
Dec 6, 2019 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cannabis advocate-turned small town politician Jamie Cooper fought a hard race for a seat on her hometown of Grand Haven’s City Council. Her progressive platform included education on cannabis in Michigan’s emerging market, and her perspective as a woman,...
