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Springfield - A City Council committee has scheduled a meeting July 12 at City Hall to evaluate the negotiated conditions for a medical marijuana dispensary in East Springfield, including annual payments to the city and charitable donations. The council's Health and Human Services Committee...

Yakima, Washington - Two of the more contentious issues to facing the city go before the Yakima City Council when it meets Tuesday evening. Council members will hear about a cost cutting idea for the proposed downtown plaza between South Third and Fourth Streets. They'll also consider...

Stockton, California - A second legal medical marijuana dispensary is expected to open in Stockton later this month, well before voters decide in November whether or not they want to increase the maximum number of such facilities to four. According to city records, a business license is...

Stockton, California - A second legal medical marijuana dispensary is expected to open in Stockton later this month, well before voters decide in November whether or not they want to increase the maximum number of such facilities to four. According to city records, a business license is...

The manager of a controversial cannabis lounge on Montreal Road says the lounge is now closed. BuzzOn allowed people to smoke marijuana on site, though it did not dispense the drug, and did not allow customers to deal drugs. It had been shut down by the City of Ottawa over building code...

Keizer voters will have the opportunity to vote on attaching a 3 percent city tax on recreational marijuana sales in November. Approval of a resolution sending the matter to ballot was one of several hastily-approved measures during a nearly four-hour meeting of the Keizer City Council Monday...

Englewood, Colorado - Peggy Bogaard-Laap is going door-to-door in her Englewood neighborhood with a petition that needs 597 signatures to get on the November ballot. Her goal? "To stop the sale of marijuana in our city," said Bogaard-Lapp, who is pushing two measures at once. The first...

Beginning July 21, several new ordinances in the City of Porterville will go into effect, one reducing the number of marijuana plants a person can grow from 20 to 12. The Porterville City Council recently approved several changes to the city ordinances and municipal codes, most minor, but a...

San Bernardino - After a yearslong status quo of marijuana dispensaries being illegal but common in the city, cannabis is clearly on the city's agenda - four times Tuesday. The City Council will consider four items related to the regulation of marijuana dispensaries at its meeting, which...

The Prineville City Council wants marijuana users to know: It’s still not totally against the plant. But until the Drug Enforcement Administration decides it’s cool with pot, adults in the area who aren’t medical marijuana cardholders will have to get it elsewhere. However, Andrew Anderson...

It's business as usual as far as pot goes in Vancouver. That's in spite of a warning from the Federal Minister of Justice. Earlier today, in announcing a marijuana legalization task force, Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said for the time being, pot remains illegal. "It is important for...

Last year, members of Athens C.A.R.E. Project, a marijuana decriminalization advocacy organization affiliated with Georgia C.A.R.E., rallied outside of the Athens-Clarke County city hall and demanded that marijuana possession be treated as a civil offense rather than a criminal one. Those in...

At least one local city is already thinking about the revenue potential from the possible legalization of recreational marijuana. The Santa Barbara City Council unanimously voted to place a measure on November's ballot which, if passed, would place a 20 percent tax on both medicinal and...

After two years of legal cannabis sales, Washington State has collected $230,063,875 in marijuana excise taxes, according to 502data.com. This exceeds projections by quite a bit - nearly twice as much, or $34 million, in the first year of sales alone. In Aurora, Colorado, officials decided to...

The East Bay city became the latest jurisdiction to embrace state-level regulations by crafting local components that plug into the state's multi-billion dollar industry, defying critics who said state-level regulations would damage medical marijuana. Starting last Friday, Richmond will not cap...

The Longmont City Council discussed the city's ban on recreational and medical dispensaries as well as some other aspects of marijuana legalization Tuesday after public comment from those for and against lifting the ban. Mayor Dennis Coombs told the audience that the council would not make a...

Over the past three election cycles, San Leandro voters have helped the city bolster its treasury through various tax measures. It may ask for help again this fall through another tax-raising ballot measure. Although the city's finances are relatively robust, San Leandro City Manager Chris...

Springfield — The City Council has scheduled a public hearing on Monday night to consider approving plans for a medical marijuana dispensary on Cottage Street in East Springfield that includes a special permit and host community agreement that details the company's around-the-clock security...

Springfield — The City Council has scheduled a public hearing on Monday night to consider approving plans for a medical marijuana dispensary on Cottage Street in East Springfield that includes a special permit and host community agreement that details the company's around-the-clock security...

Stockton - Pending City Council approval, residents will have the opportunity in November to vote on whether to allow for the establishment of as many as three new medical marijuana dispensaries in Stockton. The City Council is scheduled Tuesday night to consider placing two measures on the...