Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
It was a bad night for pro-marijuana proposals in Mid-Michigan. Unofficially two questions to allow marijuana sales in two towns failed. In Mason 2,675 voters said no and 1,979 said yes, leading to it being defeated 57.5% to 42.5%. There were similar results in Howell...
Nov 6, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Cara King needed smokes. Before she hopped into her aunt’s silver Mazda 6 to head to the gas station, the 27-year-old took a hit of marijuana. While it’s been legal to smoke marijuana in Michigan since 2018, it is still illegal to drive while high. But police...
Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
It’s not clear where the initiative originated, but voters in Howell declined the opportunity to welcome recreational marijuana on Nov. 5. In a close call, 52.42% of voters struck down the proposal, placed on the ballot after a Michigan Court of Appeals decision...
Nov 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A Black-owned dispensary in Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction hosted its grand opening Nov. 2 with plenty of giveaways, food, and live music. Simply Loud, located at 216 E. Milwaukee Ave., carries hundreds of products, including 260 types of vape cartridges and...
Nov 1, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
During the last fiscal year, 62 Michigan social equity licensees received over $16,000 each through the Cannabis Regulatory Agency’s (CRA) Social Equity Grant Program (SEGP). The CRA is excited to announce that the SEGP will be returning again this fiscal year, and...
Oct 30, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A two-day auction is scheduled for next month to sell the remaining equipment assets formerly owned by defunct Skymint, which entered receivership in March 2023 after defaulting on loans. Robert Levy Associates and Solid Asset Solutions on Monday said in a news...
