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Voters on Tuesday night appeared to have soundly defeated a measure written by marijuana growers to regulate the cannabis industry in the county, opposing the initiative by 65.4 percent to 34.6 as of midnight, with 19.8 percent of ballots counted. Separately, voters seemed likely to...

To put it bluntly: Preliminary results indicate that voters defeated Propositions 200 and 300, keeping the commercial marijuana industry in Pueblo County alive and legal. If the large margins hold up in today's vote counting, the victory for retail marijuana supporters will put an end - at...

Yolo County supervisors voted on Oct. 11 to enact a moratorium prohibiting additional permit requests for cannabis cultivation due to the high volume of permits the county had already received. The board met again on Oct. 25 and voted 3-2 to continue the moratorium, pending additional...

Thurston county is holding a public hearing November 8th to help determine whether the temporary marijuana zoning rules should stay in place until permanent ones are approved. Marijuana is legal state-wide, but zoning regulations determine where pot-related businesses can operate. Thurston...

Geography and a specific point of law, according to Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner, should be reason enough for commissioners to pass a controversial marijuana ordinance that would apply only in the unincorporated areas of his southeast district. He hopes those details will gain them...

Johnson City - Broome County is struggling to meet its goals of tax revenue from medical marijuana. $1,000 is the sum of the taxes earned by Broome County in 2016 from medical marijuana sales, which is 0.11 percent of the projected $850,000 that it thought it would gain. "We even budgeted...

Johnson City - Broome County is struggling to meet its goals of tax revenue from medical marijuana. $1,000 is the sum of the taxes earned by Broome County in 2016 from medical marijuana sales, which is 0.11 percent of the projected $850,000 that it thought it would gain. "We even budgeted...

Benton County planners looking for public input on whether to allow commercial marijuana cultivation in the rural residential zone got what they wanted Wednesday night - and then some. In a meeting on the topic at the Sunset Building, Community Development Director Greg Verret assured an...

Vowing to "get this done," members of the Plumas County Cannabis Working Group outlined their goals and objectives at their inaugural meeting Oct. 20. Supervisor Kevin Goss, who was elected group chairman, said he wanted "to develop an effective (medical cannabis) ordinance for Plumas County in...

An attorney who represents the head of a business leasing one of the cannabis processing units closed by a sheriff's raid Oct. 27 said on Wednesday that the action ignores the spirit of the Calaveras County urgency ordinance that regulates commercial cultivation. "The ordinance allows drying...

A key provision of Colorado's Amendment 64, which allowed for the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state, is the element of local control. Municipalities can "opt-out" of this industry, and Colorado's Pueblo County could do just that with the passage of Question 200 - a measure...

Through the latest polls taken by the Field Research Corporation and Public Policy Institute of California, it appears Proposition 64, a much-discussed measure to legalize recreational use of marijuana in California, will pass with 60% support. The measure, if approved Nov. 8, would allow...

Broome County expected $850,000 in excise tax revenue in 2016 from the passage of the state's medical marijuana act. Instead, just $320 has so far come through. That's according to expected and actual excise tax revenues listed in the County Executive's 2017 proposed budget, and reflects the...

Broome County expected $850,000 in excise tax revenue in 2016 from the passage of the state's medical marijuana act. Instead, just $320 has so far come through. That's according to expected and actual excise tax revenues listed in the County Executive's 2017 proposed budget, and reflects the...

To The Board of Supervisors, We, the members of Southern Humboldt Community Alliance, do NOT support Measure S. By placing the Humboldt County Commercial Marijuana Cultivation Measure (Measure S) on the November 8th ballot, the Board of Supervisors are asking the voters to enable the...

A vote on a Shelby County ordinance that lessens the penalty for possession of a half-ounce or less of marijuana was sent to Monday's full commission Wednesday without a vote. Ordinance co-sponsor Van Turner asked that it be delayed to give the county attorney's office time to determine if...

The Calaveras County Sheriff's Office arrested 23 people after serving search warrants at three locations with illegal marijuana grows near West Point. About 7,700 pounds of marijuana and other substances were seized and destroyed or taken as evidence, according to a press release from the...

Manatee County — A six-month moratorium on medical marijuana businesses is likely to be enacted in unincorporated Manatee County if Florida voters pass Amendment 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot. On Tuesday, the County Commission voted unanimously to instruct county attorneys to write an ordinance...

Charlotte County - Even if Amendment 2 passes, you may not be able to get medical marijuana locally right away, at least in one county. Charlotte County commissioners on Tuesday decided to put a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries until they can regulate it properly. It's set for nine months...

Charlotte County - Even if Amendment 2 passes, you may not be able to get medical marijuana locally right away, at least in one county. Charlotte County commissioners on Tuesday decided to put a moratorium on marijuana dispensaries until they can regulate it properly. It's set for nine months...