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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – Budget season is almost over and a request for $ 72,000 from the El Paso Police Department for cannabis testing remains on the table for spending next year. El Paso city council is due to hold a public hearing…

The city of San Diego’s 1,000-foot distance rule between cannabis outlets and sensitive uses – such as schools, parks, libraries, and religious establishments – has been used by residents of Rancho Bernardo to block two proposed…

The city of Ulster held a public hearing on October 21 on whether to allow on-site retail dispensaries and cannabis consumption salons within municipal boundaries following the adoption across the board. of the State’s Marijuana…

GRAND JUNCTION, Col. Voters said yes to tax and regulate marijuana businesses in Grand Junction, and the job of city council is to decide the number, location and tax rate of these stores. But few decisions were made at the last city…

CATSKILL – Over three fiscal years, the town of Great Barrington, Mass., Has garnered more than $ 6.7 million in tax revenue and community impact fees from cannabis sales, said the chief financial officer of the city to the Select…

The Post-Journal, Thursday, November 18, 2021 – Drug overdoses (over 100,000) now exceed deaths from guns, car crashes and even flu and pneumonia. The Post-Journal, Thursday, December 9, 2021 –…

Sonoma and Marin take different approaches to dispensaries In 2016, voters in California legalized recreational cannabis for adults, sparking a rush of entrepreneurs who wanted to enter the new legal market. Legalization was intended…

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) – Cannabis business owners in Oakland are asking for more protection. After a week in which more than two dozen of their stores and other operations have been targeted by itinerant gangs of sometimes violent…

Former City Supervisor Jay Rand and City Clerk Laurie Dudley pose Monday with the city’s cannabis petitions at North Elba City Hall. (Photo provided – Allison McGahay) LAKE PLACID — Two…

Sausalito voters will decide whether retail cannabis businesses will be allowed to operate in the city. In a 3-to-2 vote, city council approved the entry of a resident-led initiative in the November 2022 poll. The vote came amid some…

Costa Mesa executives, chamber officials and business owners attending a state of the city luncheon on Thursday reflected on how the city weathered the pandemic, thanks to a collective desire to support each other each other and supporting…

Santa Fe likely won’t have a set of rules for recreational cannabis in place until October 1, a month after the state begins accepting licenses to produce marijuana, City Manager Jarel LaPan said on Wednesday. Hill. The City…

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) – Medical Marijuana Dispensary Apps are now available in Sioux Falls. The three-page application is available online and describes exactly what potential owners need to do to own and operate a store in Sioux…

PERTH AMBOY – City council is set to ban recreational marijuana businesses from operating here. An ordinance banning the operation of any class of cannabis business was introduced last month. The ordinance goes to a public hearing…

A fourth city in Massachusetts passed a policy change on psychedelics, with Easthampton City Council members voting Wednesday in favor of a resolution urging the decriminalization of certain entheogens and other drugs. The measure,…

A new cannabis business proposed in Fairfax faces skepticism from city officials and neighbors. Element 7 has applied to the city to operate a dispensary and delivery service from a 5,000 square foot building at 930 Sir Francis Drake…

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KGPE) – A few dozen people living in the community of Pinedale were rallying to put more distance between a planned cannabis store, called Lemonnade, and Pinedale Elementary School in the Clovis Unified School…

The eight additional dispensary licenses the board plans to create would be reserved for equity applicants, or those with less net worth and with a cannabis-related criminal history. It could be years before they open, but several…

This was originally published on January 24 in the Daily Post. OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Why are Redwood City officials keeping secret where cannabis companies want to open stores? The town hall received 26 applications.…

SPEARFISH — After considering a second application from a business seeking to open a second dispensary in Spearfish, City Council decided not to change Ordinance 1364, which states that only one cannabis dispensary may be permitted…

DENVER (CBS4)– The city of Denver has accepted its first application for a license to deliver cannabis. Denver City Council approved a measure allowing medical and recreational deliveries within city limits earlier this year. The…

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Manteca will allow legal sales of marijuana in stores from 2022, unless in two weeks a board member changes his mind. City council on Tuesday with dissident Dave Breitenbucher and Jose Nuño approved an ordinance allowing legal retail…

New lawsuit claims City of Fresno’s rating system for retail cannabis applicants was flawed and unfair. The plaintiffs ask a judge to put an end to the system. Pietro De Santis and Kerry Burrough were among 113 candidates who hoped…

The city council voted 15-1 to pass legislation that will launch the creation of the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority on Thursday. The entity is supposed to provide loans and improve access to credit and other financial services to…

COVID-19 in numbers New Mexico health officials reported 762 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the total number of cases to 244,720. The DOH has designated 212,750 of them as recovered. Bernalillo County had 119 new cases,…

CITY OF CATSKILL — A group of residents is seeking to overturn a city council decision banning marijuana parlors in the community. The city council voted 3 to 1 on December 29 to refuse to allow salons, while voting against removing…

Click to enlarge Crimes targeting the legal marijuana industry in Denver increased from 2019 to 2020, according to police data. Westword The city of Denver has put in place new storage regulations for marijuana…

Almost two years after banning marijuana industrial, medical and retail operations within Pico Rivera, city council members have put the legalization of these businesses back on the table. The reason is money. “There is a potential…

Get ready for midnight cravings. A Phoenix-area dispensary will remain open until 12 p.m. starting Friday, allowing toke sessions at dusk and tampons in the dark. The Mint Dispensary LLC, based in Guadalupe, is gearing up to make…

OFF THE RECORD column Des Plaines elected officials on Monday evening expressed little conviction that the downtown area will soon live up to its potential as a home to more restaurants and entertainment-related businesses. That…

Last month the Sacramento Bee released a list of the 10 largest California cities that still ban cannabis dispensaries, although weed has been legal in the state since 2017. Pot advocates have cited the list as further evidence that…

A proposal to open a cannabis dispensary in Fairfax was rejected. The city council voted 4 to 1 on Wednesday to reject the application to open a dispensary at 930 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. The company Element 7 proposed replacing Mana…

After hours of controversial testimony, the Santa Rosa Planning Commission has approved a proposed cannabis business for a former Roseland school that has divided community members. The committee voted 6-0 in favor of Old School…

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Remember Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon, where all the kids are above average? Redwood City released a listing applicants to the six licenses it will issue for cannabis stores, and each of them…

RED BLUFF – Commercial cannabis will be discussed again at Tuesday’s city council meeting. The council will review Cody Strock’s initiative to change the city code to allow commercial cannabis. Council members will discuss the three…

Many large communities in the Great Lakes Bay Area and central Michigan have opted to license marijuana businesses, including Bay City, Saginaw, Mount Pleasant, and Pinconning Township. However, the city of Midland is still hesitant to join…

CRYSTAL LAKE, IL – A new recreational marijuana dispensary could move to a former Culver’s restaurant in Crystal Lake. The Crystal Lake Planning and Zoning Commission narrowly approved a special use permit for the dispensary, which…

The slow march to open retail marijuana stores in California’s fifth largest city is coming to an end, but not without a bit of smoke. Fresno city officials on Wednesday released a list of 21 cannabis retailers that have received…

By Eric O’Connell / Zip06.com • 09/21/2021 3:40 PM EST On September 13, with overwhelming public support, the Clinton Planning & Zoning Commission (PZC) voted against a proposed rule change that would have allowed a retail…

Sonoma City Council will review new guidelines in the city’s Commercial Cannabis Ordinance on Wednesday to streamline the process for a second storefront cannabis business to operate within city limits. In April, the council approved…

Police discovered a cannabis factory in an empty downtown store. Officers discovered the plants in a disused High Street building in Tunstall. It is not yet known how many cannabis plants have been seized. A spokesperson for!-->…

SPEARFISH – As the South Dakota Department of Health (DOH) and state lawmakers strive to define the rules for the use of medical cannabis statewide, counties and cities are focusing on their own prescriptions to govern the…

The next step in the legalized deployment of cannabis in New Mexico will likely come at city council and county commission meetings statewide, when local governments will have to decide how – and where – retailers can operate.…

ABERDEEN – City Council has set July 22 as the date for a public hearing and possible vote on an ordinance that, if passed, will allow certain cannabis companies to operate in Aberdeen Township. Council members unanimously presented!-->!-->…

BOONTON – Legal cannabis sales – retail and wholesale – are coming to town. City council voted, 7-1, on Monday to approve these selected operations, limiting them to the commercial area along Myrtle Avenue (Route 202). Council…

News Photo by Steve Schulwitz The newly installed sign for Neighborhood Provisions stands on the side of the road on Washington Avenue. The new marijuana store is expected to open in April. ALPENA — A proposed marijuana store in Alpena…

BOONVILLE – Two cities in the north of the country have made two very different decisions regarding cannabis and its sale in their municipalities. On December 29, Boonville City Council held a public hearing and then voted to refuse to…

MISSOULA – City planners will begin drafting an ordinance governing the sale of recreational marijuana in Missoula and where these businesses can locate, hoping to have an ordinance in place by January 1, when the sale of pot will…

KITTERY, Maine – City leaders are making plans to control the number of recreational marijuana stores before they vote on an ordinance that would allow them to open. Will they do so by requiring a specific buffer distance between…

Update: This story originally appeared under the headline “Despite Council Order, People Still Required to Appear in Court for Simple Possession of Marijuana Citations”. Shortly after publication, the New Orleans Police Department…

NORWALK — A committee will consider whether to impose a temporary ban on cannabis establishments in Norwalk, a departure from city officials’ original stance against limiting the use of the product. “Consistent with the authority granted…

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – The Las Cruces city council room was packed with about 75 people, with 80 more watching via a Zoom conference call. State officials spoke to residents and those interested in the marijuana industry. Speakers…

A cannabis plant sold at Golden Leaf is grown in Steamboat Springs.Steamboat pilot and file photo from today Members of the Steamboat Springs City Council reached a consensus at their Tuesday, Feb. 1, meeting not to allow publicly!-->…

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Two local businesswomen are keen to open a cannabis cultivation, manufacturing and distribution facility in a building that once housed a Roseland charter school, but some area residents say they are against this. kind of business in…

Cannabis reform has moved at a snail’s pace in Texas. But activists are trying to speed things up by fighting for reform at the city and county level. A group called Decriminalize Denton has twice tried to get a city council ordinance…

MIDDLETOWN – City aldermen voted unanimously on Tuesday night to ban marijuana shops and consumption sites, making Middletown one of the first communities in Orange County to adopt an option given to all municipalities under state law…

SEQUIM – The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has purchased several building spaces along West Washington Street and North Sequim Avenue, including the Sequim Trading Plaza. Some of the current 11 rental spaces include Hurricane Coffee Co.,…

MENOMINEE — Menominee City Council on Monday approved recreational marijuana store licenses for Rize / 1st Properties and Fire Station Cannabis Co., as well as medical marijuana store licenses for Agri-Med and Attitude Wellness /…

GREATER BARRINGTON – The Town of Great Barrington has awarded $ 350,000 in Cannabis Community Impact Fund to eight city government and non-profit entities. The prizes were awarded on the recommendation of the city council Community…

OSince the official opening of marijuana dispensaries in Grand Junction, this could ignite a spark for the city’s economy – while also having a brutal impact on the incomes of communities in western Colorado that have profited from pot…

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MENOMINEE — Menominee city council’s decision to encourage marijuana companies to seek buyouts of existing business sites means four long-standing businesses could move or close to make way for marijuana stores. It also adds to…

Biden was coming, and then he wasn’t A scheduled appearance for President Joe Biden at Elk Grove Technology Park on Wednesday was called off days after planning for street closures and security measures began with Elk Grove Police.…

Colorado Springs, home to five military outposts and the religious right, is poised to serve as a national barometer for where conservatives stand on recreational marijuana sales. Driving the news: A citizen-led organization this week…

Although sales of recreational cannabis are legal in California, it is banned in most of Kern County, including Delano, the city council reconsidered the rule on Monday evening. “We know it’s trafficked in our community on both…

EDISON – Township officials are looking to license all classes of marijuana businesses in a section of the municipality, but those who wish to operate them will have to pay a steep annual license fee. Last week, the city council…