Records shows continued FBI interest in Missouri marijuana deals
Federal law enforcement was still seeking information as recently as last summer about medical marijuana licensing in Missouri that have attracted FBI scrutiny for years.
Midwest
Coverage of Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Reports show Illinois, Michigan, and Mass. cannabis sales rallied in the fourth quarter of 2021
Massachusetts was the only New England state that saw growth of the states Grown In is tracking, while Rhode Island and Maine’s cannabis sales stalled.
Illinois social equity entrepreneurs have licenses, but they still have hurdles
“The hardest part, to get something like this and any other business, is that it takes money. With no warehouse location already being built out for craft grows specifications because it just wasn’t legal…So, there are no places to actually cultivate.”
Michigan regulator calls state’s leveling off of sales “a period of stabilization”
Grown In checked in with Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency director Andrew Brisbo.
One new Illinois social equity craft grow licensee is happy to get a license, but still waits for state assistance
“Once you receive a license as a social equity applicant, from my perspective, I think there’s a lot of belief that that’s kind of the measure of success as a social equity applicant.”
Updated: Michigan enacts new insurance mandates for licensees
“This seems to be a case of watch, learn, and adapt on the part of state regulators.”
Craft grow applicants petition Illinois supreme court to release licenses
Applicants filed a motion asking the court to allow winners of 47 uncontested licenses to move forward with their delayed business plans.
Half dozen St. Louis dispensary workers file for union election
UFCW Local 655, which is seeking to represent BeLeaf employees in bargaining negotiations, filed with the National Labor Relations Board Thursday.
Ohio adult-use petitioners have just over a week to collect 13k signatures that would force legislature vote
An advocacy group seeking to force the state legislature to vote on an adult-use cannabis legalization bill is confident they’ll meet the deadline to gather over 13,000 signatures.
Team of Black scientists prepare to launch a testing business in Illinois, flipping the script on the War on Drugs
A group of young Black Chicago scientists are charting a course to open the first Black-owned analysis laboratory in Illinois.
