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Sometimes it seems like everything our state government tries to do turns out wrong. It created and expanded a pension system for public employees that it has almost never properly funded. It raised income taxes and was finally getting its fiscal house in some semblance of order only to let...

Sometimes it seems like everything our state government tries to do turns out wrong. It created and expanded a pension system for public employees that it has almost never properly funded. It raised income taxes and was finally getting its fiscal house in some semblance of order only to let...

Forget plastic grocery bags. The first target in the effort by state lawmakers to tamp down on municipal authority is marijuana. Rep. Paul Boyer, R-Phoenix, filed an official complaint Thursday with the Arizona Attorney General's Office alleging the town of Snowflake violated several state...

Forget plastic grocery bags. The first target in the effort by state lawmakers to tamp down on municipal authority is marijuana. Rep. Paul Boyer, R-Phoenix, filed an official complaint Thursday with the Arizona Attorney General's Office alleging the town of Snowflake violated several state...

The DEA again rejects marijuana rescheduling, a North Dakota initiative makes the ballot, a South Dakota one doesn't, a Missouri one hangs on by a thread, and more. National Thursday, DEA again refused to reschedule marijuana. The DEA today again refused to reschedule marijuana, arguing that...

The DEA again rejects marijuana rescheduling, a North Dakota initiative makes the ballot, a South Dakota one doesn't, a Missouri one hangs on by a thread, and more. National Thursday, DEA again refused to reschedule marijuana. The DEA today again refused to reschedule marijuana, arguing that...

Producing and selling medical cannabis is allowed under state law in New Mexico, if all state regulation and licensing requirements are followed. But the State Bar of New Mexico released an ethics advisory opinion Wednesday cautioning lawyers about providing legal assistance, in the form of...

Producing and selling medical cannabis is allowed under state law in New Mexico, if all state regulation and licensing requirements are followed. But the State Bar of New Mexico released an ethics advisory opinion Wednesday cautioning lawyers about providing legal assistance, in the form of...

Moving towards facilitation of industrial hemp cultivation in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat has already directed officials to draft regulations for commercial utilisation of hemp (Bhang). The horticulture department has also been directed to establish two hemp seed farms as pilot...

Denver — State attorneys on Thursday agreed that a Durango doctor and three other physicians did not violate any law or rule, despite having their licenses suspended for allegedly abusing the medical marijuana system. Attorneys for the doctors are asking a Denver District Court judge to lift...

Denver — State attorneys on Thursday agreed that a Durango doctor and three other physicians did not violate any law or rule, despite having their licenses suspended for allegedly abusing the medical marijuana system. Attorneys for the doctors are asking a Denver District Court judge to lift...

Illinois medical marijuana is on the cusp of expansion. It got a new fillip from the bill signed by Illinois State Gov. Bruce Rauner on July 29 that removed criminal penalties for possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana. The Governor's decree made Illinois the 21st state to decriminalize...

Illinois medical marijuana is on the cusp of expansion. It got a new fillip from the bill signed by Illinois State Gov. Bruce Rauner on July 29 that removed criminal penalties for possession of 10 grams or less of marijuana. The Governor's decree made Illinois the 21st state to decriminalize...

Even as they embark on a deliberate experiment in legalizing marijuana for recreational use, the states taking the plunge unintentionally (we can only hope) initiated a second experiment. In dropping overt bans on the stuff while appeasing critics with reams of regulation, could they so bind the...

Kodiak, Alaska - A lawyer advised the city of Kodiak to hold off on drafting marijuana regulations until the state takes action on issues related to the transportation of pot to and from marijuana testing facilities. There is no testing facility on Kodiak Island, which means marijuana would...

The woman spearheading a statewide effort to regulate the booming but controversial medical marijuana industry is traveling across California to learn more about pot — and teach industry insiders about the state's lawmaking process. Lori Ajax, five months into her position as the chief of the...

The woman spearheading a statewide effort to regulate the booming but controversial medical marijuana industry is traveling across California to learn more about pot — and teach industry insiders about the state's lawmaking process. Lori Ajax, five months into her position as the chief of the...

For N.A. Poe, a marijuana-legalization activist from Philadelphia, running for state attorney general was a lark to draw attention to the issue. The state Republican and Democratic Parties didn't find it funny. Both parties filed legal challenges Monday seeking to remove Poe - a stage name...

Columbus — Patients in Ohio will be able to use medical marijuana by September 2018, according to a new state website. The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program says they will take all action to make sure the program is fully operational by September 2018, if not sooner. The state says it...

Columbus — Patients in Ohio will be able to use medical marijuana by September 2018, according to a new state website. The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program says they will take all action to make sure the program is fully operational by September 2018, if not sooner. The state says it...