Mar 6, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Employees at the Zen Leaf dispensary in Buchanan voted on March 1 to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 951, marking a significant step in labor organization within the Michigan cannabis industry. UFCW 951 President John Cakmakci expressed enthusiasm...
Mar 6, 2024 | FOUR20 Post, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
How and where marijuana businesses can fit into the city of Harper Woods has been an ongoing struggle. Last year, the city council was considering doing away with a 1,500-foot buffer between pot shops, which neighbors viewed as allowing a free-for-all for cannabis...
Mar 1, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Michigan Treasury Department reported Feb. 29 that 198 municipalities will receive $43.5 million from marijuana taxes collected from 737 cannabis dispensary licenses, while 71 of the state’s 83 counties will reap the same $43.5 million in cannabis taxes. The...
Feb 28, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Marijuana dispensaries could finally open in Pontiac after voters passed a ballot proposal Tuesday night to allow 17 recreational marijuana retailers and set up the guidelines city officials have to follow when granting licenses to businesses. Two recreational...
Feb 28, 2024 | Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Algonac voters on Tuesday narrowly defeated a voter-initiated marijuana ordinance amendment proposal. The ordinance proposal asked if a proposed initiated ordinance amendment in the city of Algonac to repeal the city’s ordinance “Division 5-Marihuana, Sec....
Feb 28, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
Caro’s proposed marijuana ordinance was overwhelmingly rejected by voters in the Presidential Primary Election held on Tuesday. The proposal, which was spearheaded by the group Green Citizens of Caro, failed with 310 yes votes to 559 no votes. The group was...
