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While the marijuana industry is booming thanks to legalization, there are still some areas of concern. Particularly when it comes to banking. And thanks to congressional Republicans, those issues will persist. Republican congressional leaders have blocked consideration on a bill that would...

Most of San Diego's pot farms and marijuana manufacturing sites will be concentrated in three areas of the city: Mira Mesa, Kearny Mesa and near the Mexican border. Of 78 proposals submitted Thursday to open such businesses in San Diego, 67 are in one of those three areas. That's primarily...

During a special meeting on Monday night, the Planning Commission unanimously approved the Development Agreements for six cannabis-related businesses. Those agreements were then approved by the City Council during another special meeting held by that body on Tuesday night. The names and...

Residents at Monday's fall town meeting approved a ban on recreational marijuana businesses. They also merged special districts for medicinal marijuana and adult entertainment businesses. A total of 82 voters turned out to the meeting at the high school, which only lasted about an hour...

Establishing a retail marijuana firm would require a $500 fee and a special permit from the City Council and the business would be confined to general industrial zones, under a City Council committee's recommendation Tuesday. The full City Council will vote whether to adopt the Ordinance...

There's a quiet fight raging for property right now among businesspeople aspiring for a piece of Ohio's nascent medical marijuana industry. And that battle for real estate is acutely felt in the Northeast Ohio market, a region that will be called home by up to 18 of the state's initial 60...

With 29 states (plus the District of Columbia) that have legalized marijuana in some form, the U.S. is seeing an explosion of pot-related companies. In 2016, there were between 21,000 and 33,000 cannabis businesses in the U.S. Yet many of these businesses have a hard time just making ends meet...

The Hayward City Council has approved allowing most marijuana-related businesses in the city, including cultivation facilities, testing laboratories, retail dispensaries, manufacturing sites and distribution facilities. The new rules take effect immediately. “I understand people want to protect...

A government-owned banking system in California could be the answer for cannabis businesses struggling to open bank accounts and pay their taxes. This is just one of several proposals being presented by California Treasurer John Chiang to help legitimize the state's cannabis industry from a...

As Jan. 1, 2018 – the date that adult marijuana use officially becomes legal in California – looms on the horizon, San Francisco remains woefully behind on creating a comprehensive plan to manage dispensaries, access, and equity. The city has yet to determine how many dispensaries are allowed...

California Treasurer John Chiang wants the state to consider creating a government-owned bank that could serve cannabis businesses, one of several recommendations aimed at helping bring those businesses into the financial mainstream. The recommendations, the product of a year of meetings of a...

The City Council is due to take a final vote Monday on proposed zoning and licensing regulations that would make this among the first municipalities in Maine to welcome so-called adult-use marijuana businesses. City officials have been working on the proposed ordinance amendments for nearly a...

With most private institutions and credit unions still avoiding the legal cannabis industry, many marijuana businesses remain without bank accounts. But one idea is gaining acceptance among marijuana entrepreneurs and a growing number of cities and states: the formation of public banks to...

Potential medical marijuana businesses in Niles could literally fail the smell test. A provision for field olfactometer testing in the proposed zoning rules requires that a business not score higher than seven on a smell scale. If it does – and fails to fix the problem in 72 hours – the...

Due to the changes in state laws, the City of Patterson has been investigating the possibility of allowing cannabis-based businesses to operate within city limits, and is now working on a pilot program to manage such businesses. In June, the City Council voted to obtain proposals from...

MJ Freeway, a seed-to-sale tracking software platform for the cannabis industry, has struggled in recent months with hacks and outages, forcing some dispensaries to record sales by hand. The company – which was offered a $10.4 million contract from the Pennsylvania government in April –...

Redwood City's elected officials made it clear this week that they are in favor of a conservative, phased approach to allowing cannabis businesses in city limits. On Monday night, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that limits indoor cultivation to six marijuana plants, bans...

California's wine is not its only commodity threatened by wildfires burning throughout the state. Michel and Claudine Perret are the owners of Perret Vineyard in Napa Valley. The fire burned not too far from their property. "We have helicopters and flames all day long but we are so blessed...

The war on drugs has taken a disproportionate toll on people who are poor, black or Latino, community activists have long lamented. Now that marijuana is on the brink of legalization in California, Los Angeles leaders want to make sure that disadvantaged people can cash in. L.A. has been...

A day after finalizing a moratorium on medical marijuana-related businesses in Streetsboro, the city's Planning Commission started the process of opening the door to such enterprises in the city. The commission has forwarded to council changes to the city's zoning code that would permit...