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Voters in Maine and a handful of other states are deciding whether to legalize recreational marijuana this November. One thing that could swing the vote is the possibility of millions of dollars in tax revenue from retail marijuana sales. Colorado was the first state in the country to roll out a...

Parks in Brookings could be the winners if the city council decides at its Monday meeting to allocate anticipated tax revenue garnered from the sale of recreational marijuana to maintenance and improvements of the city's assets. That revenue, however, is also contingent on voters approving a...

It seems likely that Californians in November will vote to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, along with a massive raft of state regulation and taxation schemes. We bribe our government to secure permission to do what we want with our own bodies. Go figure. In any event, the...

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...

Deep into the looong November ballot, many voters will be sorting through a typical mix of school bond measures, sales tax hikes and the like. But this year, in dozens of cities and counties in California, communities will also face pivotal questions about the future of marijuana. A campaign...

But, the buzz kill for public entities earmarked to benefit from the sin tax is they haven't seen any of that revenue to date. Those slated to receive marijuana tax funds are: Common School Fund — 40 percent Mental health, alcoholism, and drug services — 20 percent Oregon State Police — 15...

Is marijuana the new sin-tax gusher for the states? It sure looks that way. In November, voters in five states will decide on whether to allow recreational use of the drug, while citizens in four other states have the option of legalizing medical marijuana. Unlike the fierce battles of...

Oregon medical marijuana dispensaries have sold an estimated $102 million in recreational cannabis since January, when the state imposed a 25 percent sales tax on pot. In the last six months the state has collected $25.5 million in sales tax revenue on those sales, and Brookings is looking to...

Sacramento, Calif. - Estimating that two-thirds of the medical marijuana stores in California have failed to pay sales taxes, state officials on Tuesday took a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade pot shops to pay the $106 million owed. With the state preparing to license medical marijuana...

Adelanto - Making its first formal pitch to voters Tuesday evening, the city unleashed a panel of medical marijuana industry insiders to vouch for the plant's health care benefits as a November ballot measure looms that would tax commercial pot activities here. Measure R would enact an up-to 5...

Adelanto - Making its first formal pitch to voters Tuesday evening, the city unleashed a panel of medical marijuana industry insiders to vouch for the plant's health care benefits as a November ballot measure looms that would tax commercial pot activities here. Measure R would enact an up-to 5...

Steamboat Springs - The Routt County Board of Commissioners agree they are likely months away from making a decision on whether or not to allow marijuana grow facilities in unincorporated areas of the county; however, they did vote unanimously Aug. 23 to put the question of establishing a 5...

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...

Aurora, Colo. - An Aurora City Council committee gave the green light to a proposal raising the city's retail marijuana tax and dedicating the funds to support homeless services. The proposal would increase the tax from 5.75 percent to 7.75 percent at the same time the state tax drops from 10...

If California voters back Proposition 64 to legalize marijuana in November, the state will have the lowest statewide excise taxes on weed in the country. Aside from the obvious response - cheaper legal weed! - this is an important development that shows California policymakers have learned...

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 analysis of...

In less than three months, Californians will vote on legalizing production, distribution and possession of recreational cannabis. Tax revenues are central to that debate, but the really important question is not so much what taxes would be best today but how those taxes should evolve over time...

Salem, Ore. — As of July 31, the Department of Revenue has processed $25.5 million in marijuana tax payments this year. Medical marijuana dispensaries started collecting a 25-percent tax on their recreational marijuana sales in January. Dispensaries' second quarter returns were due August...

The California Legislature's attempts to tax the medical marijuana industry have officially failed as of this month. But whether the state will legalize and tax the recreational marijuana market will be decided by voters this November. The halted advancement of two medical marijuana tax bills...

The federal courts reminded the US Justice Department (DOJ) that Congress passed a law barring it from using federal funds to go after state-legal medical cannabis operations, Maryland takes a step toward getting its industry up and running, California balks at a MM grower tax, and more...