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City leaders have a decision to make now that state lawmakers have revised medical marijuana laws. Traverse City officials must consider whether to allow five new types of medical marijuana-related businesses to operate within city limits, and if so, how many and where. The state Department...

Suddenly, commercial property is a hot commodity in Shasta Lake. Two buildings and at least two large vacant lots – one more than 100 acres – have sold in and around Shasta Gateway Industrial Park in 2017. And it's no coincidence that the spike in activity in the business park and...

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...

Local religious and community leaders joining forces in Detroit to protest two medical marijuana proposals slated for the November ballot that they say will undo city rules that keep dispensaries away from places like churches and parks. On November 7, Detroiters will decide on two proposals...

Berea City Council members voted 4-2 at their Oct. 16 meeting to establish a six-month moratorium on occupancy permits for medical marijuana entrepreneurs who want to establish businesses in the city. Councilmen Gene Zacharyasz and Rick Skoczen voted no, and Councilman Jim Maxwell was absent...

Question: How do you lose when you receive three of five votes from the Planning Commission and four of six votes from the City Council? Answer: You endure the same experience as Chris Hester of Sacramento, the prospective operator of a proposed medical cannabis dispensary on Stagecoach Road...

Legislation being considered by City Council would welcome the testing, growing and manufacturing of medical marijuana, but prohibit dispensaries within the city. An eight-page proposal to amend the city's development code has the support of Mayor William Judge's administration and the city's...

Another large Georgia city could cut penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana. Savannah Alderman Van Johnson announced Monday that he wants to reduce the maximum city fine for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana from $1,000 to $150. He also wants to eliminate jail time, with...

Residents in Battle Creek are being asked for their input on whether the city should allow businesses to seek medical marijuana permits. The state is going to start allowing five different licenses starting December 15 at the discretion of local governments. The city wants to know what its...

A proposal going before the Fountain Valley City Council on Tuesday would ban commercial recreational marijuana activities in the city. California voters last year passed Proposition 64, legalizing recreational marijuana use for adults, but the law allows for local control. Cities have until...

In what councilors praised as a civil meeting, marijuana continued to be the major topic of public discussion at the Dunes City Council meeting held on Wednesday, Oct. 11. As a result of the public comments, the council agreed to review at a later date the applications submitted by marijuana...

How the sale of recreational cannabis takes place in Santa Barbara is still at the center of a policy debate. The city ordinance committee, made up of three members of the City Council, discussed the issue for more than an hour today before sending it on to planners. The hearing included...

Yvonne DeLaRosa Green was awarded the first cannabis business license for Los Angeles County for her dispensary 99 High Tide Collective in Malibu. The city and county of Los Angeles are expected to become the capital of cannabis once the state of California's regulated adult-use market is up and...

Ever since the approval of Proposition 215–the Compassionate Use Act, which permits the use of medical cannabis in California–activists, advocates and users have collectively fantasized about a day when procuring herbal refreshments was as easy as picking up produce from the market or allergy...

Atascadero residents will soon be able to have recreational marijuana delivered to their homes and grow plants in their own yards, but the city remains closed for business when it comes to dispensaries. City Council members on Tuesday night voted unanimously to pass an ordinance regulating...

Longmont City Council has voted to allow up to four retail businesses to sell marijuana and marijuana products within city limits, nixing a years-old ban on medical and recreational pot shops. The Daily Times-Call reports that the City Council on Tuesday voted 4-3 in favor of lifting the ban...

Rules for medical marijuana businesses in Niles could possibly scuttle the proposal for a dispensary at the historic former post office downtown. That and other details emerged Monday night as city council members got their first look at two proposed ordinances. One spells out state and...

A new staffer faces disciplinary action after a tweet from the Atlanta City Council's verified account created a political firestorm early Wednesday. The erroneous tweet, which indicated Mayor Kasim Reed vetoed a measure intended to reduce penalties for possession of small amounts of...

The Atlanta City Council voted unanimously on October 2 to pass legislation that will decrease penalties for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana in the city, making the punishment more akin to getting a speeding ticket. The decision had local celebs like 2 Chainz, Big Boi, and Killer...

Like countless Californians in the last few years, Roberta Koz Wilson and her brother Jeff saw the coming revolution in cannabis and decided they wanted a piece of it. Or in their case, a bite. Using a recipe perfected by their mother, they created Dr. Norm's Cookie Co., a Los...