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Modesto officials Tuesday will continue their discussion about putting a marijuana tax on the November ballot. The City Council will consider a proposed cannabis business tax of as much as 10 percent on companies' gross revenues. The tax would apply to medical and nonmedical marijuana...

City councilors were poised to vote on a temporary ban on retail marijuana sales in Peabody Thursday night, until City Clerk Tim Spanos pointed out they couldn't. The Planning Board hasn't issued a recommendation yet on the proposed moratorium, which would be instituted as a zoning change...

A zoning change approved by the county's planning and zoning committee Wednesday removes one of the hurdles for a company that wants to operate a medical marijuana dispensary across from Bowie Town Center. The committee approved legislation introduced by County Council member Todd Turner...

After more than an hour of discussion between council members and the public Monday night, the West York Borough Council voted down a proposed ordinance to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana. The ordinance, first proposed by West York Mayor Shawn Mauck in January, was intended to give...

Where recreational marijuana can be sold is back up for discussion by the Yakima City Council. On Tuesday, the council is expected to take a look at a request to expand the areas where cannabis can be sold to include light industrial zones. These zones are generally used for businesses that...

Regulations for marijuana dispensaries will be on the City Council's agenda Tuesday, a signal that the ban it put on them seven years ago might be lifted. Rules for commercially cultivating the plant within city limits and for laboratories where its purity and potency could be tested also may...

City leaders must soon decide whether to welcome, limit or ban medical marijuana facilities inside city limits, now that several cultivators have expressed interest in opening up shop here. "Are we going to have a moratorium?" Mayor Steve Mercer asked City Council members Monday night. "Are...

The City Council is moving forward with plans to ban commercial marijuana businesses and outdoor cultivation, despite the recent legalization of recreational use and sales in California. The council has tentatively approved an ordinance prohibiting commercial marijuana activity in Highland...

The Weed City Council during its May 11 regular meeting unanimously approved an ordinance allowing medical cannabis dispensaries in the city beginning July 1. All council members attended, however Bob Hall was excused early due to illness. About 30 people were in the audience. Medical...

At least five people are interested in cultivating marijuana in the city, according to its law director. To accommodate them, City Council on Monday adjusted its business code to include medical marijuana licensing and regulation. The ordinance was passed earlier than usual because state...

City leaders in Hilliard will soon decide if they want to allow medical marijuana businesses open within their city limits. City Council members have been weighing whether to approve an ordinance allowing one marijuana dispensary, but no production facilities or growing sites. "We've got a...

Retail marijuana businesses would be relegated to the Maine Mall area and outer Broadway near the Scarborough town line under a preliminary zoning proposal that the City Council will begin reviewing Monday. Municipal staff members drafted the proposal as a starting point for workshop...

Temecula's resistance to medical marijuana continued to soften last week, but recreational customers will likely need to look elsewhere when voter-approved legalization takes effect Jan. 1. Although that stance could change in the coming months, the city council followed its established...

Damaris, an employee of a cannabis cultivation business in Los Angeles, told the City Council on Friday she feared for her life when police officers arrested her at gunpoint earlier this month while she was at work. "Being detained in that way was humiliating, and I was scared because I...

A medical marijuana company has expressed interest in locating a cultivation and production facility in Yellow Springs. Village Council President Karen Wintrow announced at this week's council meeting that the Village received an inquiry late last week from Cresco Labs, a Illinois-based medical...

State Sen. Vincent Fort on Monday implored the Atlanta City Council to move forward on a proposal to eliminate jail time and reduce the fines for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in Georgia's capital. "It is a gateway drug to mass incarceration, mostly of young African Americans,"...

Following community outcry, the topic of medical marijuana is once again before Blue Ash Council. Just last month, council voted 3-4 against a motion by Mayor Lee Czerwonka to ban all medical marijuana retail dispensaries, along with cultivators and processors, from the city. After emails and...

Corning - The City Council received a presentation Tuesday regarding the passage of Proposition 64, or the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, in preparation for a joint meeting with Red Bluff and the Tehama County Board of Supervisors at 6 p.m. Monday at the supervisors chambers, 727 Oak St. in Red...

Mayfield Heights, Ohio - City Council, without discussion and without dissent passed an ordinance extending the city's moratorium on the cultivation, processing and dispending of medical marijuana in Mayfield Heights. Council passed a six-month moratorium on medical marijuana businesses...

Parma, Ohio - City officials moved closer to rescinding the moratorium on allowing the cultivation, processing and dispensing of medical marijuana in the city. At the March 13 meeting, Thomas G. Haren, an attorney for potential medical marijuana business owners, presented council and the...