Mar 6, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Detroit’s new ordinance regulating licensing for recreational marijuana shops, which gives preferences to longtime Detroiters, has sparked a lawsuit claiming the rule is unfair and could unravel the city’s plans to license stores. In the suit filed Tuesday in...
Mar 5, 2021 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The state’s first tribally owned cannabis company is looking to expand. The Northern Light Cannabis Company plans for the expansion to take place in the spring. It will include exterior renovations to be done in April, enhanced grow operations in May, product...
Mar 5, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The MRA social equity education and outreach session March 11 will be brought to you through Zoom webinar. During this session a representative from the Field Operations section of the MRA Enforcement Division will provide information on operating multiple license...
Mar 4, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Department of Treasury is distributing nearly $10 million to more than 100 municipalities and counties as a part of the Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act. This week, 38 cities, seven villages, 21 townships and 38 counties began...
Mar 4, 2021 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Gorilla Glue? Pineapple Express? OG Kush? Purple Haze? What were they smoking when they named some of these strains? For the uninitiated, navigating the sometimes wacky world of strain names can make you feel like you’re already high. In recent years, however,...
Mar 3, 2021 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Alpena Municipal Council is working to remove a cap on how many medical marijuana provisioning centers can operate in the city. Council members voted 3-2 to direct city staff to draft an ordinance that would undo the limit, with Mike Nowak and Danny Mitchell...