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Jefferson City, Mo. - A Cole County judge's decision is expected any day on a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure. Tom Mundell with the Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations hopes the judge will overturn more than 2,200 petition signatures gathered that have been considered...

Jefferson City, Mo. - A Cole County judge's decision is expected any day on a proposed medical marijuana ballot measure. Tom Mundell with the Missouri Association of Veterans Organizations hopes the judge will overturn more than 2,200 petition signatures gathered that have been considered...

It's expected that in November, California voters will pass Proposition 64, an initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in the state. The political reality is that with such heavyweight actors as Woody Harrelson sitting on the advisory board of policy groups like the...

If it's legal to smoke weed with your friends in two years, you can thank Silicon Valley tech money, Colorado and the emerging cannabis industry. An organized and well-funded alliance is behind Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, with proponents outspending opponents 70-to-1 in an...

The Deschutes County Clerk reported one ballot measure from Bend, two from La Pine and one from a road district. A fifth measure from a road district was still pending a challenge period. - Bend's measure calls for imposing a 3 percent tax on recreational marijuana sold in the city. If...

Phoenix - A trial judge today ordered a change in how Secretary of State Michele Reagan is describing to voters the effects of a measure to legalize marijuana. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Blomo rejected arguments that Reagan was factually correct when she said that the drug...

Supporters of legalized marijuana go to court on Wednesday to argue that Secretary of State Michele Reagan is lying to voters about what the measure would do. Attorney Kory Langhofer said there are three misstatements of facts in the description that Reagan is legally required to prepare for...

I am writing in favor of the Nov. 8 initiated measure (5) for medical marijuana (cannabis), The North Dakota Compassionate Care Act. I have informed and educated myself on the history, current issues and facts. I have attended conferences, listened to leading experts in the medical and...

I am writing in favor of the Nov. 8 initiated measure (5) for medical marijuana (cannabis), The North Dakota Compassionate Care Act. I have informed and educated myself on the history, current issues and facts. I have attended conferences, listened to leading experts in the medical and...

Sacramento — As voters consider marijuana-legalization efforts in several states this November, they can expect opposition from the usual pot opponents like law-enforcement groups and anti-drug activists — but some of the most ardent foes come, unexpectedly, from within the marijuana community...

San Diego - San Diego voters will be told this fall that passage of a ballot measure to tax businesses selling recreational marijuana could generate an estimated $22 million for city coffers in the first year, according to documents made available Tuesday. The estimate is part of a fiscal...

The marijuana legalization effort will appear on the November ballot, despite a legal battle mounted by opponents to get it tossed. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Jo Lynn Gentry dismissed a lawsuit brought by 13 individuals and groups, including Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery...

Las Vegas - Recreational marijuana supporters are gearing up for a big TV ad blitz before Nevada voters weigh in on a ballot measure that would legalize pot use for adults. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that a PAC called the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol has reserved...

Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan last week certified a marijuana legalization initiative for the November ballot, setting the stage for a national election that will see the issue go directly to the voters in five states, including California, the nation's most populous. Four states...

Nevada City, Calif. - The Adult Use of Marijuana Act is big - literally and figuratively. The California measure, if passed in November by voters, would legalize the recreational use of marijuana by adults who are at least 21 years old. California would follow in the steps of four other states...

Jason Kinney is a big-time political power broker, a man whose client list includes AT&T, the California Medical Association and the National Football League. At the moment, though, he's working to pass the California Marijuana Legalization Initiative - aka Proposition 64, aka the "Adult Use of...

Pierre - A measure involving marijuana will not be on the November 2016 general election ballot, according to Attorney General Marty Jackley. Jackley said in a news release Tuesday that Circuit Court Judge Mark Barnett denied the measure because of the insufficient number of valid signatures...

In the Nov. 8 election, Silverton and Mt. Angel voters will decide whether their respective cities will tack a 3 percent tax onto the state's 17 percent recreational marijuana tax. The Silverton City Council already approved recreational marijuana sales inside the city limits, effective last...

The California campaign to legalize recreational marijuana filed a lawsuit Thursday in Sacramento Superior Court asking a judge to disallow several of what it deems false or misleading statements submitted by opponents as their official ballot arguments. Ballot arguments, which appear in the...

The sponsor of a medical marijuana ballot measure is asking the courts to overturn the secretary of state's rejection of the initiative for the ballot. A spokesman for the office said Tuesday the lawsuit is under review. Backers are seeking to get the initiated measure on the November ballot...