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The Ketchikan City Council on Thursday approved a marijuana cultivation permit application contingent upon satisfactory review by the City Fire Marshall. The motion was approved 6-1 with City Council Member Dick Coose voting against approval. The application was submitted by Jason Kolanko...

Steamboat Springs - The Hayden Town Council on Thursday night gave the green light to the town's first marijuana-growing facility. The council approved Rodney McGowen's conditional use permit for the Bayou Breeze Grow Warehouse in a 5-1 vote. Council member Dallas Robinson, who has been...

Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke says she will consider vetoing a measure passed Tuesday night by the City Council to ban medical marijuana patient cooperatives. The council voted 4-2 to approve a land use zoning code amendment to ban the four-member co-ops to grow marijuana that the state began to...

Lansing - Jim Smiertka has been Lansing's city attorney for less than a week, but said Friday he and his staff should be ready to create a third draft of the city's proposed medical marijuana ordinance by the end of this month. Smiertka, three City Council members and Deputy City Attorney...

Lansing - Jim Smiertka has been Lansing's city attorney for less than a week, but said Friday he and his staff should be ready to create a third draft of the city's proposed medical marijuana ordinance by the end of this month. Smiertka, three City Council members and Deputy City Attorney...

The Oakland City Council is considering a proposal from an organization that calls itself the Oakland Diversity and Equity Cannabis Coalition that would reduce the benefits of a recently passed ordinance that gives preference to Oakland drug-war victims for city cannabis selling permits. Under...

For years, San Bernardino has waffled on the question of what to do about medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. On Tuesday, the City Council, backed into a corner, finally took steps towards finally addressing the seemingly perennial problem. Medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal...

For years, San Bernardino has waffled on the question of what to do about medical marijuana dispensaries in the city. On Tuesday, the City Council, backed into a corner, finally took steps towards finally addressing the seemingly perennial problem. Medical marijuana dispensaries are illegal...

Watsonville - The Watsonville City Council granted two medical cannabis cultivation permits late Tuesday night, but denied a third as city leaders continue to grapple with how firmly they want the city to embrace the burgeoning marijuana industry. The City Council voted 5-2 to approve a...

Watsonville - The Watsonville City Council granted two medical cannabis cultivation permits late Tuesday night, but denied a third as city leaders continue to grapple with how firmly they want the city to embrace the burgeoning marijuana industry. The City Council voted 5-2 to approve a...

The University Place City Council is debating whether to lift its two-year-old ban on marijuana businesses. City Attorney Steve Victor gave the council two options at a study session Tuesday: lift the current ban and allow marijuana sales, or pass a new ban. "The one I would suggest would...

Dover City officials are going to consider whether to keep medical marijuana dispensaries outside of the city, even after Gov. John Kasich already signed off on the bill authorizing physicians to prescribe cannabis to treat health conditions. The legalization will take effect 90 days after...

Dover City officials are going to consider whether to keep medical marijuana dispensaries outside of the city, even after Gov. John Kasich already signed off on the bill authorizing physicians to prescribe cannabis to treat health conditions. The legalization will take effect 90 days after...

There will be a proposal on the November ballot to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Long Beach - unless the City Council decides next week to just let it happen now. City Clerk Maria de la Luz Garcia announced Monday afternoon that a petition drive to put the issue on the ballot had...

There will be a proposal on the November ballot to allow medical marijuana dispensaries in Long Beach - unless the City Council decides next week to just let it happen now. City Clerk Maria de la Luz Garcia announced Monday afternoon that a petition drive to put the issue on the ballot had...

After a yearslong status quo of marijuana dispensaries being illegal but common in San Bernardino, 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 begins at 4...

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...

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...

In a move that opens the door to state-licensed retail marijuana businesses, Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy has blocked a proposed county ordinance that would have asked the county's Planning Commission to consider amendments to county regulations for producing and selling. McCarthy's...