While non-white ownership of dispenary licenses in Illinois vastly improved with the latest round of awards this summer, newly released hard numbers aren’t as rosy as expected, according to a newly released state report.
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Mike is a co-founder and the editor of Grown In, a U.S. national cannabis industry newsletter and training company. His career has taken him from Capitol Hill to Chicago City Hall, from work as a Clinton Administration Energy Department staffer to co-founding multiple successful news startups.
Before Grown In, Mike’s most recent news startup was The Daily Line, a subscription Chicago and Illinois political news startup he co-founded and sold in 2017. Prior to his life in news startups, Mike spent decades working in Chicago, Illinois, and national politics.
