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The Bay City Commission with just one no vote passed new ordinance language Monday to govern the operation of medical marijuana facilities. 8th Ward Commissioner Ed Clements says it will mean hope for people suffering from various medical ailments and the possibility of more revenue to help...

The city of Laurel is one step closer to having its first medical marijuana dispensary opening on Baltimore Avenue, one of two dispensaries permitted in state legislative District 21. The Planning Commission unanimously approved a special exception application Dec. 12 for the licensed...

A small-business owner with high hopes of selling oil extracted from cannabis plants in staunchly anti-marijuana Idaho has found himself lost in the weeds with local officials who say such products might be illegal in the state. Michael Larsen applied for a building permit in February with...

The City Council will get a report from city staffers on Monday, Dec. 18, detailing research about allowing commercial cannabis distribution facilities in La Habra, potentially paving the way for an ordinance to go before the Planning Commission early next year. In October, the council placed...

Medical marijuana dispensaries and other portions of the medicinal cannabis supply chain could be legal in Fresno as the result of a unanimous vote Thursday by the City Council. The 7-0 vote begins the process of rewriting the city's complete ban on commercial marijuana operations that was...

Depending on where you live in the Coachella Valley, the nearest marijuana dispensary could be around the corner from your house or half an hour's drive away. The desert is a patchwork of local laws, where cities that outlaw some or all cannabis activities sit beside cities that have been...

Easton City Council is taking the first steps in exploring whether to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. City officials will research an ordinance that would make possession of less than 30 grams a summary offense — akin to a parking ticket — rather than a...

Cotati on Tuesday became the first city in Sonoma County to allow sales of recreational cannabis to adults in 2018. The City Council voted 5-0 to allow the city's sole dispensary, Mercy Wellness, to sell non-medical marijuana to adults 21 and older starting Jan. 2. Voters in November 2016...

Los Angeles lawmakers backed a host of new regulations for the marijuana industry last week, paving the way for the hotly anticipated business of recreational pot. The unanimous vote Wednesday was a landmark step for the biggest city in California as the state prepares to start issuing...

Proposition 64 takes effect in California in January and this week the Fresno City Council will consider a new push to approve marijuana-related businesses. The city council has already voted to ban recreational marijuana sales but on Thursday they will discuss a new ordinance which would...

It's been two years but the city is once again moving ahead on medical marijuana. By a vote of 6-2, the City Council supported Mayor James Fiorentini in signing a letter of nonopposition to allow Alternative Therapies Group to set up a medical marijuana dispensary in a business park near...

A Dearborn Heights man pleaded guilty Tuesday to bribing public officials while trying to open a medical marijuana dispensary. Ali Baydoun, 52, could spend up to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge. He's scheduled to be sentenced in April...

A medical marijuana distribution and transportation company proposed for a new district in the city took a big step forward after the Planning Commission voted unanimously to grant it a necessary permit, the second business to receive one in as many weeks. The conditional use permit allows...

New Jersey did quite well last week in oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in its challenge to a 1992 federal law that bans sports betting. This was in keeping with our state's long and proud tradition when it comes to fighting federal laws that impinge on the rights of the...

South Lake Tahoe City Council will vote on a temporary urgency ordinance banning recreational cannabis retail sales, cultivation, edible production and testing for at least 45 days. At the end of this period, council could vote again to extend the temporary ban another 10 months and 15 days...

More than three months after Denver officially opened the gates, the first application to allow social marijuana use in a business has landed. The applicants seek to take advantage of 2016's voter-passed Initiative 300, which made Denver the first in the nation to launch a program allowing...

On the eve of California's big new experiment with legal cannabis sales, cities and counties are becoming a kaleidoscopic landscape as they race to enact laws by the start of the new year that reflect their hopes and fears. Will there be a flood of tax revenue from cannabis to fix potholes...

San Juan Bautista residents and officials expressed their thoughts about the city allowing cultivation, sales and delivery of cannabis at a joint meeting of the City Council and Planning Commission Wednesday night at City Hall. Concerns ranged from wanting more time to consider it to comments on...

Cities across California have Dec. 31 deadlines to decide how they will deal with commercial cannabis before Proposition 64-authorized legalization kicks in next year. As of Jan. 1, the state will begin issuing permits for many activities related to medical and recreational marijuana...

Los Angeles is well on its way to legalizing recreational marijuana after the City Council unanimously approved Wednesday a framework to regulate sales of the drug. Once signed into law by Mayor Eric Garcetti, the new rules will make LA the largest city in the nation to allow the growth and...