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POSaBIT, a Seattle-based digital currency payments startup with a focus on serving legal cannabis outlets, has raised $1.5m in funding. The round included participation from a number of Seattle-based angel investors, whose identities were not disclosed, as well as New York-based investment...

State lawmakers are considering changes to the state's recreational marijuana law. They have a self-imposed Friday deadline to find a compromise. The 22News I-Team keys in on one battle which involves how towns would be able to deny retail pot shops. Marijuana's legal, but do you want it...

There are questions about the company awarded a permit to grow medical marijuana in Scranton. Two former executives face felony charges, accused of smuggling marijuana oil between two states. Newswatch 16 has learned the company that got the permit to grow medical marijuana in Scranton did...

Despite strong opposition from Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson and most of the state's GOP Congress, the voter-passed Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016 continues its slow and steady advancement and the program is on target to begin sometime early next year. Here is the latest on Arkansas'...

Days after Governor Rick Scott signed a state bill regulating medical marijuana dispensaries into law, local governments are deciding whether or not to ban dispensaries in their area. The City of Vero Beach has decided to ban any new dispensaries from opening within city limits, now that a...

A ballot measure was recently approved to be placed on the ballot in Oklahoma for the 2018 cycle that could bring medical marijuana to the state. While many state programs have been created by the legislature, some states have done so through ballot measure, such as Arkansas and Florida. With...

Cincinnati officials this week will consider whether the city should join those allowing medical marijuana cultivation as the state begins to permit it. The Cincinnati Enquirer reports that members of a city council committee on Tuesday will review a proposal to allow growing and processing...

The Martha's Vineyard Commission has approved what may become the Island's first facility for growing, testing and packaging medical marijuana. Geoff Rose, owner of Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard, plans to share space in a 7,200-square-foot building on Dr. Fisher Road in West Tisbury...

Arkansas' medical marijuana industry will ramp up in the next week, with the state poised to accept applications from potential patients, growers and distributors. Beginning Friday, the state Medical Marijuana Commission will accept applications from those hoping to grow or supply marijuana...

With recreational marijuana sales beginning in Nevada on July 1, many people from surrounding states like Utah, California, Arizona and Idaho are expected to make a run for the border. As FOX 13 reported back in May, the Utah-Nevada border towns of West Wendover and Mesquite are both...

The House and Senate have stopped considering legislation to legalize recreational pot and instead opted to create a 19-member joint commission to study the situation in states like Washington and Colorado, where it's already legal. Rep. Dennis Canario introduced the measure to create the...

As the deadline nears to apply for a state license to operate a medical marijuana business, Monroe officials say they have received at least three inquiries about the city's zoning regulations and that multiple building and land owners have received other inquiries as well. Monroe does not...

A strong majority of Americans say individual states should be able to enact their own laws on marijuana, without interference from the federal government. Seventy-six percent of American adults want President Donald Trump to respect state marijuana laws, according to a new poll published...

A measure that would have made Vermont the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes through the state legislature died in a special session Wednesday after a quiet lobbying campaign by legalization opponents. The bill, which had passed the state Senate, did not earn enough...

Seven months after Californians voted to legalize and tax recreational marijuana, state leaders are moving full speed ahead with a system to oversee the cultivation, distribution and sales of cannabis – rules that have to be in place, under law, by January. Many key details of how California...

Pennsylvania officially launched its medical marijuana industry Tuesday, awarding licenses to 12 growers, including two firms in Berks County, but none in Philadelphia or its suburbs. Many of the winning firms featured political and financial heavyweights linked to out-of-state cannabis...

There are some choice nuggets for marijuana fans deep in the weeds the $125 billion budget the California legislature just passed Thursday. These are called "trailer bills", little items that are rolled into the larger, omnibus budget so there is not much attention paid to them or debate about...

The state has grabbed control of medical marijuana dispensaries away from local governments by creating its own set of regulations, sending some Treasure Coast governments scrambling to adapt. The Legislature earlier this month passed Senate Bill 8A, which trumps local laws that cities and...

A bipartisan U.S. Senate group, including Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has introduced legislation requiring the federal government to respect state marijuana laws. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion and Respect States (CARERS) Act would allow Americans to gain access to the care they...

The GOP-controlled state Senate was poised on Tuesday to pass legislation that would allow medical marijuana to be used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. State Sen. Diane Savino (D-Staten Island), the bill's sponsor, confirmed to The Daily News that the measure was among the first set...