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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 final results from the latest Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll indicate strong support among Arkansas voters for medical marijuana. The issue was on the 2012 ballot, but narrowly failed. In 2016, there may be competing medical marijuana proposals in the November general...

The final results from the latest Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll indicate strong support among Arkansas voters for medical marijuana. The issue was on the 2012 ballot, but narrowly failed. In 2016, there may be competing medical marijuana proposals in the November general...

Long Beach voters now have three marijuana-related ballot measures to decide on come November. Adding to an already lengthy statewide general election ballot, the City Council on Tuesday voted to add a tax measure that City Clerk Maria de la Luz Garcia said would help fund public safety...

The unprecedented number of cannabis measures on the ballot in November, including in two swing states, could complicate turnout in the 2016 presidential election, bringing out more voters, but not reliably for any candidate. At first glance, the traditional demographic of marijuana voters —...

Even though Oregon voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2014, you can't legally buy the stuff in more than 100 Oregon communities. That's because some city and county governments have banned recreational marijuana businesses. But voters in nearly half of those places will have the chance...

A medical marijuana amendment continues to have strong support throughout Florida, according to a new poll. The survey - conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research on behalf of the United for Care campaign - found 77 percent of likely Florida voters said they supported the ballot initiative. The...

A medical marijuana amendment continues to have strong support throughout Florida, according to a new poll. The survey - conducted by Anzalone Liszt Research on behalf of the United for Care campaign - found 77 percent of likely Florida voters said they supported the ballot initiative. The...

Voters in at least eight states, including Florida, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada, will decide on marijuana-related ballot initiatives this November. The most high-profile and far-reaching of these campaigns is California's Adult Use Marijuana Act (Proposition 64), which permits adults to...

A new poll indicates that unless younger and more liberal Arizona voters come out in droves in November, things aren't looking very good for the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol's ballot initiative. In a recent survey conducted by MBQF Consulting and OH Predictive Insights, 1,060...

Arkansans may have the chance to vote on two medical marijuana initiatives in November. What happens if both pass? The one with the most votes wins, probably. In a letter dated Oct. 27, 1994, from then-Attorney General Winston Bryant to then-Rep. Mark Riable of Little Rock, the letter noted...

Arkansans may have the chance to vote on two medical marijuana initiatives in November. What happens if both pass? The one with the most votes wins, probably. In a letter dated Oct. 27, 1994, from then-Attorney General Winston Bryant to then-Rep. Mark Riable of Little Rock, the letter noted...

Marijuana businesses are currently banned by ordinance in unincorporated areas of Marion County. But an initial poll paid for by a marijuana business hoping to expand locally shows that voters may reject the ban when it's up for a vote in November. The poll by the Salem-based Nelson Report...

Those who despise Big Tobacco's notorious electioneering ain't seen nothing yet. Big Tobacco 2.0, aka Big Marijuana, can negate Colorado's grassroots petition process - which helped establish the industry. When Colorado voters legalized marijuana, they meant well. They wanted a safe trade...

Polling this week reiterates that Arkansans are ready for the medical use of marijuana to become public policy here. A Talk Business & Politics/Hendrix College survey shows a comfortable lead (58 percent to 34 percent) for such a measure. The problem for advocates for allowing patients' use of...

We will know a lot more about Arizona after voters go to the polls on Nov. 8. Aside from which Republicans and Democrats will take office, we'll have a good idea whether this state is truly conservative or if it's leaning left. The question that will help define that: whether Arizona is...

Polling this week reiterates that Arkansans are ready for the medical use of marijuana to become public policy in Arkansas. A Talk Business & Politics/Hendrix College survey shows a comfortable lead (58 percent to 34 percent) for such a measure. The problem for advocates for allowing patients'...

Polling this week reiterates that Arkansans are ready for the medical use of marijuana to become public policy in Arkansas. A Talk Business & Politics/Hendrix College survey shows a comfortable lead (58 percent to 34 percent) for such a measure. The problem for advocates for allowing patients'...

Linn County is the first local government agency to submit a Notice of Measure Election concerning recreational marijuana production and sales to the Linn County Clerk's Office. Commissioners Roger Nyquist and John Lindsey on Wednesday approved the measure's wording that will put the issue of...

Linn County is the first local government agency to submit a Notice of Measure Election concerning recreational marijuana production and sales to the Linn County Clerk's Office. Commissioners Roger Nyquist and John Lindsey on Wednesday approved the measure's wording that will put the issue of...