Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) announced its next virtual education session features Karyena Miller, founder and CEO of LEACIF. She provides actions businesses can take to prepare for a smooth and successful AFS process, as well as practical tips and controls...
Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
New licenses for marijuana growing facilities will no longer be issued in Iron Mountain under city ordinance amendments adopted Monday without objection. By the council’s action, the two existing growers and processors on North Stephenson Avenue — Rize Cannabis and...
Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Court of Claims heard arguments Nov. 25 over the constitutionality of a new 24% wholesale tax on cannabis products, a measure that has sparked significant backlash from the state’s legal marijuana industry. The tax, set to take effect on Jan. 1, was...
Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Midwest Independent Retailers Association based in Bloomfield Hills urged members to remove hemp consumables from store shelves in and asked the Legislature to regulate the products. MIRA Vice President of Government Affairs Jerry GRIFFIN said the...
Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
While the weed-centric 420 holiday on April 20th remains the largest sales day for most retailers across the state, the winter holidays have emerged as ticket-turners for the industry. At least three of the legal marijuana industry’s five largest sales days of the...
Dec 3, 2025 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
As Michigan’s regulated marijuana industry battles against the state in court, the scope and importance of the sector are coming into focus. The more than $3 billion industry accounted for roughly 52% of net private sector job creation from 2018 through 2024 in...
