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Hesperia - Faced with the daunting task of reviewing nearly two dozen separate permits for cannabis activity, the City Council here agreed to move Tuesday's agenda item to March. The Council was set to discuss an ordinance regarding various types of commercial marijuana activities that may be...

Kansas City, Mo. – The Kansas City Council on Thursday voted to include a question about reducing pot possession fines on the April ballot. The decision received 12 affirmative votes and one dissenting vote from Mayor Sly James. Today's approval was procedural. The group gathering signatures...

A legal cannabis economy could bring jobs and increased economic activity to San Rafael, the city's economic development director said in a presentation to the City Council. Proposition 64 has made recreational marijuana legal throughout California, and cannabis businesses will need...

Benicia – The City Council, grappling with California's new legalized marijuana law, voted Tuesday to request a 10-month, 15-day period to evaluate how the law affects the city. Proposition 64, or the "Adult Use of Marijuana Act," was passed in November by voters. Under the law, adults over...

The City of Fife has settled its longstanding legal battles with Greybeard Holdings over the city's moratorium on marijuana businesses. This comes after more than two years of hearings and appeals that have proven costly in attorneys' fees and the loss of potentially hundreds of thousands of...

Kansas City, MO - A Kansas City council committee passed a marijuana measure for the April ballot. Now, it's heading to the full council for approval. It would place a maximum fine of $25 for someone possessing 35 grams or less of marijuana. The measure would also eliminate the possibility of...

Just months before the federal government is poised to enact legislation to legalize marijuana, the City of Richmond is considering a bylaw that will prevent pot dispensaries from operating in the city. City council was presented with a recommendation from committee earlier this week that...

Despite concerns, a resigned Kansas City Council committee today recommended the full council put a petition to reduce penalties for marijuana possession on the ballot this April. The recommendation came after Tuesday's Missouri Supreme court decision, which ordered the city to put a minimum...

Medical marijuana cultivators in Desert Hot Springs may soon be able to conduct manufacturing activities as well. After virtually no discussion Tuesday, the city council unanimously voted to advance an ordinance which would allow already permitted cultivators to apply for an amendment to...

Boulder recently implemented a series of changes to its local marijuana laws, but the work of the citizen consultants who recommended those changes is not yet done, City Manager Jane Brautigam said. The Marijuana Advisory Panel, tasked last year with evaluating city policy affecting the...

Snohomish – The state-licensed owners of a retail marijuana shop at Second Street and Avenue D would like to open the store, even as there's a citywide marijuana ban the city will uphold. The store's owners say they have state credentials to open. However, while they have a state license...

A Boulder-based maker of the state's most popular marijuana-infused edible is planning to leave the city after the forced annexation of his and several other properties raised regulatory costs by tens of thousands of dollars and created feelings of ill will between city staff and business...

Monroe, Mich. - People who live in Monroe will get a chance to weigh in on medical marijuana Tuesday night. The city is holding a public hearing during its regular city council meeting. A new package of state laws allows for local control - and cities can decide for themselves if they want to...

San Francisco's two-year community college plans to roll out a cannabis curriculum following California voters' decision last year to legalize recreational marijuana. As City College of San Francisco rejoices over the seven-year reprieve on its accreditation announced Friday, the institution...

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County - The Wilkes-Barre City Council is considering an ordinance that would mean no jail time for a person found with a small amount of pot. This is something cities all across the nation have done. It would mean a person found in possession of pot would face fines or...

Medical marijuana companies are gearing up for interviews with the city of Salinas as it prepares for the coming of the cannabis industry. The city has scheduled interviews with all applicants over the next three weeks with a committee made up of city staff and consultants. The committee...

Lighting up beach fires in Carmel escaped a total ban recently, but don't expect to light up, or consume, any weed around those fires when Proposition 64 goes into effect a year from now. City leaders are poised to ban sales and impose tight restrictions on recreational marijuana as soon as...

Marijuana businesses are one step closer to becoming a legal reality in Grover Beach. The Grover Beach Planning Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend approval to the City Council for an overlay to city code that would allow commercial cannabis uses in a 70-acre industrial area...

Tamarac has followed other cities in buying time as it tries to find ways to limit the impact of medical marijuana dispensing entities and treatment centers opening within its limits. At a recent city commission meeting, officials ratified the city manager's decision to declare "zoning in...

Panama City Beach, Fla. - The Panama City Beach City Council approved a six-month temporary ban regarding medical marijuana in Panama City Beach until the new state law is figured out. The moratorium will be removed on June 1 or sooner. Those who are in need of medical marijuana and have the...