Mar 5, 2025 | Great Lakes Region
The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation announced recreational cannabis sales totals for January 2025 were the highest since the Illinois cannabis market was legalized. January 2025 sales reached $140,191,240.27, surpassing January 2024 totals...
Mar 5, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan House Finance Committee Chair could play a pivotal role in what portion, if any, of the state’s business taxes are steered toward fixing the roads. Those include the proposed 30 percent tax increase on Michigan cannabis sales as proposed by Gov....
Mar 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
Ohioans overwhelmingly voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2023, but Republicans are on their way to restricting it. Throughout the past 24 hours, the most commonly asked question I’ve received is, ‘How is this legal and how do we stop them?’ I have a running...
Mar 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region
The Ohio Senate passed a GOP-led proposal by a 21-9 vote Wednesday to overhaul the state’s relatively young recreational marijuana program, and senators voted along party lines, unlike in December 2023. Introduced by Sen. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City), Senate Bill...
Feb 26, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A new study wants to find out if marijuana and cannabis could be an effective treatment option for veterans who have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Many doctors state it can go undiagnosed, and that can make things even worse in the long run. Retired Major...
Feb 26, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
As oversupply hammers prices and the industry remains walled off from other states’ markets, Michigan’s largest cannabis company is heading south to sell a different kind of weed. Evart-based Lume Cannabis Co. has founded a new company, Lume Hemp Co. in...
