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The price of recreational marijuana rose by 25 percent Monday after a statewide sales tax went into effect. The rise may surprise people who had gotten used to the tax-free sales at medical dispensaries since Oct. 1. The tax coincides with the first day the Oregon Liquor Control Commission...

State government debt is expected to reach $1.17 trillion in fiscal year 2016, but elected officials have no interest in raising tax rates or taking austerity measures. Why commit political suicide when there are creative ways to boost tax revenue without angering voting taxpayers? Instead...

The new year brings inspiration and change, but in Oregon it also signals the next phase in the recreational marijuana market. Since the recreational market opened in October, people have been able to buy marijuana from medical dispensaries tax free. As of Jan. 4, that changes. Medical...

Not too low or high, but just right. The cash-strapped Ontario government would be looking at more than $450 million (Canadian) in tax revenue from its 13 million residents. As Canada mulls how to handle marijuana legalization – promised in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's election platform –...

The La Pine City Council voted unanimously Wednesday night to repeal the city's 5 percent sales tax on medical marijuana, a week after the city was sued Dec. 2 by Green Knottz, a dispensary in La Pine. City Attorney, Jeremy Green told NewsChannel 21 Thursday that the decision to repeal the tax...

Marijuana discussions return to the Gresham City Council on Tuesday as officials plan to recommend to councilors the repeal an existing 10 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana, and instead ask voters to approve a 3 percent tax. The repeal of the 10 percent tax would keep the city in...

Anchorage Assembly members are proposing an April ballot measure to create a 5 percent tax on future retail marijuana sales. Ernie Hall, chair of the Assembly's committee on marijuana regulation and taxation, said Friday the marijuana sales tax should cover the costs of enforcement and...

In the 1990's, California's decision to legalize medical marijuana put it at the forefront of pro-pot policy. However, California's failure to pass recreational marijuana legislation in 2010 led to it taking a backseat to other states when it comes to reforming recreational marijuana laws...

The new Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act will legalize commercial medical marijuana sales in California beginning in 2016, but for existing businesses hoping to become compliant, demonstrating a history of established business practices or establishing a new legal business entity will...

The new Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Act will legalize commercial medical marijuana sales in California beginning in 2016, but for existing businesses hoping to become compliant, demonstrating a history of established business practices or establishing a new legal business entity will...

Every month, Randy Huff, owner of a medical marijuana dispensary, writes a check for about $500 to the city of La Pine. Huff owns Green Knottz, one of two dispensaries in the central Oregon community where leaders last spring decided to impose a 5 percent tax on medical marijuana...

Every month, Randy Huff, owner of a medical marijuana dispensary, writes a check for about $500 to the city of La Pine. Huff owns Green Knottz, one of two dispensaries in the central Oregon community where leaders last spring decided to impose a 5 percent tax on medical marijuana...

This is very important to all of you who live in California: The Jack Herer initiative to legalize marijuana receives official title and summary The Office of the California Attorney General released the official title and summary of the Jack Herer California Cannabis Hemp Initiative...

This is very important to all of you who live in California: The Jack Herer initiative to legalize marijuana receives official title and summary The Office of the California Attorney General released the official title and summary of the Jack Herer California Cannabis Hemp Initiative...