Four court cases are moving through Illinois state and federal courts that call for a halt to the state’s forthcoming dispensary lottery and a review of the application process.
Illinois state cannabis regulators stopped responding to requests for dispensary application scorecards as additional application process discrepancies came to light.
Veteran cannabis entrepreneur and Chicago NORML executive director Edie Moore is now a majority owner of two of the 21 Illinois tiebreaker applicant groups.
Applicants obtained their score sheets from state regulators and found scoring irregularities that call the process into question.
Incubator programs did not produce any companies that advanced to the lottery stage for retail licenses.
New information about the tiebreaking licensees has come to light since Thursday’s announcement.
Today Illinois state cannabis regulators announced only twenty-one groups won the right to enter the tiebreaker phase.
A new trade association created to serve Illinois social equity applicants announced itself in a press conference yesterday with a list of demands for state regulators.
Actor and cannabis enthusiast Jim Belushi today is scheduled to begin merchandising Blues Brothers-branded bud at the opening of the Greenhouse Dispensary in Skokie.
PharmaCann senior vice president Jeremy Unhruh told Grown In that options outside of the city are now being considered for its remaining licenses.
