Curaleaf launches new beverage-additive cannabis product
Last week Curaleaf introduced a beverage additive cannabis product in its ten Illinois dispensaries and in seventeen other states.
Midwest
Coverage of Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Detroit plan for “legacy” cannabis licenses held up in federal court
A federal judge last Wednesday temporarily halted Detroit’s unique adult-use cannabis license system favoring long-time city residents.
Cultivation license appeal discovery request threatens to unravel Missouri scoring system
Missouri cannabis regulators are fighting in the state’s Western Appellate Court an effort to reveal the state’s pool of cultivation license applications.
Fyllo raises $30 million in Series B venture round and adds banking bigwig to board
Venture capital continues to flow into cannabis-focused software companies as Chicago-based Fyllo this week announced a $30 million close to a Series B round of venture capital financing.
Curaleaf’s social equity planning starts in Illinois
The largest cannabis operator in the United States is investing nearly a million dollars in six Illinois entities designed to provide workforce development programming.
Illinois approves every possible dispensary license: 40 new locations in two months
Illinois cannabis regulators approved a total of 110 dispensary licenses just before the April 1 deadline and the maximum possible under current Illinois law.
Parallel officially enters Illinois with $155 million Windy City Cannabis acquisition
Parallel paid $155m in cash, stock, and other incentives for six Illinois dispensary locations.
Curaleaf’s newly acquired Chicago dispensary votes to unionize
UFCW announced yesterday that it had organized a second Chicago dispensary.
GTI denies Illinois pay-to-play allegation, but it has a history of aggressive Springfield moves
Green Thumb Industries has vehemently denied allegations of pay-to-play for Illinois cannabies licenses.
Midwest cannabis leaders respond to survey: Descheduling will be a while
A vast majority of Midwest cannabis business leaders believe the federal government won’t deschedule cannabis anytime soon.
