Dec 18, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to move forward with the rescheduling of marijuana under federal law, a step that could ease financial pressure on the legal cannabis industry while stopping short of nationwide...
Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
A new Michigan tax on cannabis that will go into effect next month is already impacting Upper Peninsula dispensaries. Higher Love Cannabis Co. has locations from Marquette to Menominee. But this week, the business announced permanent layoffs for 61 of its 213...
Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
After years of rapid expansion, Michigan’s craft beer industry is now going flat due to economic pressures, changing consumer habits, and increased competition from the cannabis market. An article this week delved into why the craft beer boom is over, and what...
Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
In November 2025, Congress enacted significant changes to the federal regulation of industrial hemp and CBD products through the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2026 (H.R. 5371). Signed into law to end a government shutdown, this legislation...
Dec 17, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
On Dec. 16, the Michigan Senate passed a bill 28 to 7 that would require hemp-derived THC products that exceed the 0.3% THC threshold or a total THC limit set by the Cannabis Regulatory Agency to be treated as marijuana, effectively bringing most intoxicating hemp...
Dec 16, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, National
November adul-use cannabis sales in Michigan totaled $259.3 million, down about 6 percent from November 2024. But even more notable is the average price for an ounce of flower fell to $59.79, an all time low.A year ago November, the average ounce sold for about $91,...
