The Business of Cannabis

Collecting And Remitting Tax With The Michigan Department Of Treasury

Nov 20, 2024 | Feature, Great Lakes Region, Michigan

Sarah Rusnell, outreach manager, with the Michigan Department of Treasury, is hosting a zoom conference to teach cannabis companies how to process collecting and remitting cannabis-related taxes to Treasury. This is the third workshops that will go over the different...

RFK Jr. Could Advance Marijuana And Psychedelics Reform Agenda As Trump’s Top Health Official

Nov 20, 2024 | National

President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his pick to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he will have the chance to advance major drug policy reforms he’s championed such as promoting access to psychedelics...

Treasury Report: More Than 800 Banking Institutions Report Relationships With State-Licensed Cannabis Businesses

Nov 20, 2024 | National

More than 830 financial institutions have filed paperwork with the US government acknowledging their relationships with licensed cannabis businesses, according to quarterly data from the US Treasury Department. That figure is a slight uptick over last year’s...

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Has Long History Of Opposing Marijuana Policy Reforms

Nov 20, 2024 | National

South Dakota Senator John Thune, who will lead the Senate in 119th Congress, has long argued against efforts to reform marijuana policy at both the state and federal level. Senator Thune is among the 26 GOP members who earlier this year called upon US...

Trump Taps Pro-Marijuana Legalization Congressman Matt Gaetz For U.S. Attorney General

Nov 13, 2024 | National

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to serve as the next U.S. attorney general—a selection that would put one of the only GOP members of Congress who actively supports and voted for marijuana legalization into the nation’s top law...