Illinois craft grow licenses announcement date still not set
The Illinois Department of Agriculture does not yet have a date for the announcement of craft grow, infuser, and transporter licenses.
Midwest
Coverage of Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
International Women’s Forum panelists to discuss “increasingly professionalized” cannabis industry
Former senior executives will convene virtually on Wednesday to share how they transitioned to cannabis companies and identify professional opportunities for women.
More cases filed in federal and state courts to stop Illinois dispensary lottery and regrade applications
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 cannabis regulators clam up as applicants and legislators ask tough questions
Illinois state cannabis regulators stopped responding to requests for dispensary application scorecards as additional application process discrepancies came to light.
Chicago NORML’s Edie Moore on “the secret sauce” behind her successful Illinois dispensary applications
Veteran cannabis entrepreneur and Chicago NORML executive director Edie Moore is now a majority owner of two of the 21 Illinois tiebreaker applicant groups.
Illinois sets dispensary tiebreaker lottery date as losing applicants discover scoring irregularities
Applicants obtained their score sheets from state regulators and found scoring irregularities that call the process into question.
Michigan considers lifting medical cannabis license requirement for recreational license applicants
Last month the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency announced plans to roll back the state’s requirement that applicants for adult-use cannabis licenses must first obtain a medical cannabis license.
Social equity applicants supported by Illinois cannabis companies shut out on licenses
Incubator programs did not produce any companies that advanced to the lottery stage for retail licenses.
New details about Illinois dispensary tiebreaker applicants and process emerge, while at least one lawsuit is filed
New information about the tiebreaking licensees has come to light since Thursday’s announcement.
Illinois slims dispensary applicants for 75 licenses down to 21 potential winners
Today Illinois state cannabis regulators announced only twenty-one groups won the right to enter the tiebreaker phase.
