Dec 18, 2024 | Great Lakes Region
Illinois is among 21 states in the nation where intoxicating hemp products remain unregulated, but Gov. JB Pritzker announced Dec. 13 that he is hoping to put the kibosh on that free-for-all. The head executive for the sixth most populous state in the U.S. threw his...
Dec 17, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The Cannabis Regulatory Agency finally released cannabis sales figures for November and they were higher than experts had predicted. The final tally was $276.4 million, up 6.1% from a year earlier, and 2.9 percent from October. The increase was the first since August...
Dec 11, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
The city of Pontiac began accepting recreational marijuana business applications last week, but the timing couldn’t be more challenging for prospective operators. The Pontiac City Clerk’s office opened its 21-day application window on Dec. 2 for up to 17 retail...
Dec 11, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan
One of the country’s largest cannabis operators is abandoning its Michigan grow operations. Chicago-based PharmaCann told employees Monday it would shutter its 207,000-square-foot LivWell Michigan cultivation site in Warren, laying off at least 170. Todd Lince,...
