Illinois cannabis sales grew 94% in 2020
Illinois dispensaries could be selling $236 million in cannabis a month by December 2021.
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Coverage of Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Labor group and supporters push for Windy City Cannabis union organization
As Chicago temperatures began to warm Wednesday, labor organizers attempted to put their own heat on a Windy City Cannabis dispensary preparing for a unionization vote next month.
Michigan cannabis regulator quizzed on caregiver laws during state Senate testimony
Michigan’s chief cannabis regulator argued Tuesday that when municipalities don’t legalize cannabis sales, they should expect an illegal solution to crop up.
Sniping at presser illustrates disagreement over Illinois’ cannabis social equity challenges
It took about twenty five minutes for a press conference to descend into chaos. And then the drum and bugle corps began to play.
Leaked Illinois state report shows Black and Latinos owned less than 2% of dispensaries last June
Less than two percent of IIllinois dispensary owners were Black or Latino and less than 25 percent were women as of last June.
Amor Montes de Oca’s journey from “victim of propaganda” to pot industry promoter
Growing up as an immigrant to the United States during the war on drugs, Amor Montes de Oca stayed away from cannabis.
Illinois’ supplemental deficiency notices arrive; MSOs offer assistance
“I’ve got ten days to put this together. It was short notice for a lot of work,” said a social equity dispensary applicant.
Michigan prepares to harness free market to boost social equity cannabis business ownership
If enacted, the Market would be a unique way for individuals to make small equity investments in cannabis businesses in local communities of color.
Despite a limited number of suppliers, Illinois’ independent dispensary owners are content
Today, Illinois has only eight independent dispensary owners, down from more than a dozen last summer, and almost twenty in late 2019.
Speculation flies over Parallel’s reported $150m Illinois cannabis acquisition
A report by Forbes Magazine that a cannabis company run by William “Beau” Wrigley Jr., is, in the hunt for Illinois cannabis properties has set off furious speculation.
