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A water tap and a contentious Longmont City Council meeting are at the center of a lawsuit against the city filed in November. Robert Gourley, who lives in Longmont, asked council in October to approve changing a residential water tap in Hygiene to a commercial water tap so he could construct...

Kansas City, Missouri — Marijuana has been much-discussed of late in the State of Missouri, but there's still no assurances that the talk will lead to legislative action. Beginning in 2017, changes in the state's criminal laws took effect that eliminate the possibility of jail time on a first...

The lawyer representing a second medical marijuana company seeking a dispensary in Gloucester's Blackburn Industrial Park said Wednesday that Mayflower Medicinals is considering "all options" after the City Council shot down its bid for a use permit. Former Mayor Bruce Tobey, a co-counsel...

On a 3-2 vote, Mesquite's City Council repealed a portion of its municipal code requiring a voter referendum on allowing recreational marijuana growth, sale, and distribution within city limits at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 10. Councilman George Rapson labeled the referendum, passed in 2014...

The City of Prince Rupert stepped into hazy territory Monday night when councillors discussed how to navigate the potential legalization of marijuana. Currently, if the federal government legalized cannabis this year, as it has stated, the absence of zoning or business licensing bylaws in the...

The Willits City Council in its first meeting of the year will again address the long-deliberated issue of a local ordinance permitting commercial cannabis permits in Willits. The last time the council heard public input, in November, residents who attended expressed the sentiment that...

Watsonville - Uncomfortable with the recommendation of city staff and its own Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee, the Watsonville City Council balked at allowing the manufacture of medical cannabis in addition to cultivation at its meeting Tuesday and decided to table the issue until its Jan...

Pataskala - Even though Ohio's new medical marijuana program remains a still-in-the-works proposition, Pataskala officials recently discussed crafting a response to it. What could that response look like? Well, based on early discussions, it could resemble a red sign with the words "Not...

Holyoke – Vacant mill buildings along a series of canals serve as constant reminders of this impoverished city's halcyon days as the Paper City of the World. But the mayor has a distinctly 21st-century plan for the old factories. Alex B. Morse imagines marijuana growing in them. Morse, the...

The Mesquite City Council will once again discuss recreational marijuana at Tuesday's meeting in hopes of providing a clear stance for the city's lobbyist during the upcoming legislative session in which Nevada's recreational marijuana regulations will be developed. The discussion is expected...

Eastlake, Ohio - Some locals don't seem worried about a medical marijuana greenhouse envisioned for the former Eastlake JFK Senior Center site on Curtis Boulevard. Leaders of Big Game Capital, an investment company in Chagrin Falls, told Eastlake City Council's finance committee this week...

Correctly predicting that California voters would approve the legal use of marijuana, San Jacinto has been aggressive in setting up ordinances to regulate how recreational pot will be grown and sold in the city. The latest piece of its plan was designating an area where marijuana could be...

The City of Denver has selected the members of its Social Consumption Advisory Committee, which will oversee implementation of Initiative 300, allowing social consumption of marijuana in the city, and has three meetings scheduled through February. The twenty-person committee, which comprises...

An ordinance requiring marijuana growers in Los Banos to register with the city was modified Wednesday to ensure privacy and then adopted unanimously by the City Council. The ordinance adds another layer of regulation to the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, which was approved by California voters on...

Hollister staff officials are working on regulations related to the recently passed medical cannabis ordinance in preparation for the law taking effect soon. Council members passed a medical cannabis ordinance at their Dec. 19, and the new law goes into effect on Jan. 18. The ordinance lifts...

Wilkes-Barre - Wilkes-Barre now has a new city council chairperson and vice chairperson. They were sworn in Tuesday night at City Hall. On the top of their agenda is a big change that could impact how marijuana possession is prosecuted in the Luzerne County court system. Wilkes-Barre's new...

A nonprofit corporation that manufactures honey oil and cannabis products wants to open a facility in the Shasta Gateway Industrial Park in Shasta Lake. NorCal Nectar would use noncombustible CO2, rather than highly flammable solvents such as butane or propane, to extract the oil from the...

Long Beach's voter-approved medicinal marijuana dispensary ordinance became law on Dec. 23, but those wanting to apply for licenses to operate will have to wait until Jan. 23. Employees in the city's Financial Management Department are working with the city attorney's office to come up with...

Belfast – The City Council on Jan. 3 gave a final stamp of approval to a six-month moratorium on new businesses related to recreational marijuana, which was legalized by Maine voters by statewide referendum in November. City officials say the moratorium will give them time to time understand...

On Nov. 8, voters across the state overwhelming passed a constitutional amendment to allow medical marijuana. In response to the voters unambiguous desire to have medical marijuana legally available for cancer patients, people with epilepsy and others who qualify, the Tallahassee City...