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Medical marijuana, more popular than ever, could still cost you your job in Illinois

October 13, 2021
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Medical marijuana is more popular than ever in Illinois, despite the fact that recreational marijuana has been legal for more than a year. In fact, data indicates the spike in medical marijuana usage may be because of recreational marijuana, which…

Marijuana license winners in Illinois now compete in ‘Shark Tank’-like scramble to get startup cash

September 20, 2021
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In the recent competition for cannabis business licenses in Illinois, Ambrose Jackson’s team struck gold. They won rights to both grow and sell their own cannabis. Jackson is quitting his health care management job to commit full time to becoming…

Lawyers, race and money: Illinois’ messy weed experiment

September 18, 2021
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Illinois stood to become a model for diversifying the marijuana industry in other states when it legalized the drug last year. So far, its success is half-baked. As the first state Legislature to legalize recreational cannabis sales after others approved…

Cannabis smoking lounges off to successful start in Illinois. ‘60- and 70-year-old dudes walking in with their tie-dye.’

September 1, 2021
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Cannabis smoking lounges, slow to open in Illinois since marijuana was legalized last year, are starting to get off the ground, as two have opened and more are planned across the state. In addition to bring-your-own marijuana consumption sites operating…

Bill Creating New Marijuana Dispensary Licenses Clears Illinois House

Legislation revamping the state’s system for awarding marijuana dispensary licenses passed the House on Tuesday. The measure is meant to address shortcomings in the 2019 Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, specifically in regard to a license lottery that was delayed…

Illinois to Record $1 Billion Marijuana Sales by Year’s End, Surpassing Liquor

llinois is set to record more than $1 billion in sales of adult-use marijuana products this year, with first quarter cannabis tax revenue already surpassing that of alcohol. The state of Illinois, whose lawmakers are eyeing bankruptcy options amid a…

New cannabis stores, marijuana tours, and protecting pets from pot on Illinois legislative agenda, but social equity remains a big issue

Plans to create 150 new marijuana stores, allow cannabis tours and make it a crime to get a pet sick from pot are among proposals Illinois lawmakers are expected to consider this spring. The proposed legislation comes as the state’s…

Illinois’ ex-pot regulators, pols are cashing in on the exploding industry. A proposed crackdown won’t stop all of them.

A year after recreational pot sales kicked off in Illinois, legalization has been a boon for the few multimillion-dollar companies granted permission to grow and sell weed and a windfall for local and state governments strapped for cash. But it’s…

Illinois is on pace to sell over $1 billion in marijuana this year. Here are the February totals.

The second year of recreational marijuana sales in Illinois is off to a fast start. Through February, the state generated nearly $170 million in recreational sales, more than double the total from the first two months of 2020, according to the…

Illinois’ First-Year Legal Marijuana Sales Boomed, But Challenges Remain

January 21, 2021
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The line outside the Metro East’s first recreational marijuana dispensary was already long hours before it opened for the first time last January. Hundreds of people packed themselves into a tight metal maze that could barely contain the growing crowd at Ascend in Collinsville.…

Illinois sitting on $62 million in cannabis revenue meant to foster businesses and help neighborhoods hurt by poverty and violence

January 16, 2021
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Despite promises that cannabis legalization in Illinois would fund more minority business participation and neighborhood improvements, the state has yet to spend $62 million collected for those purposes. Part of the delay in awarding the money is due to problems…

North of the border, Wisconsin cops are monitoring the impact of legal recreational marijuana in Illinois

Despite dispensaries quickly popping up along Illinois’ northern border after that state legalized recreational marijuana almost a year ago, local law enforcement officials say they have not yet seen any major impacts in Wisconsin. Officials with the Rock County Sheriff’s…

Illinois’ weed windfall from taxes rivals booze haul — and could surpass it next year

December 15, 2020
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Amid skyrocketing demand for legal weed in Illinois, statewide tax receipts from recreational pot sales are now rivaling those from booze. November’s tax revenues from adult-use cannabis, which reflect the record $75.28 million in sales tallied in October, reached nearly…

Cash-strapped Illinois turning down $100M in pot taxes, industry says

November 17, 2020
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With Illinois facing a nearly $4 billion budget deficit next year, lawmakers and cannabis industry insiders have claimed the state is missing out on more than $100 million in tax revenue by blocking certain pot shops from relocating. While the…

Downstate judge orders Illinois not to rescore marijuana license applications while controversial issue plays out in court

October 29, 2020
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A court has ordered Illinois officials to hold off on rescoring license applications for recreational marijuana dispensaries, delaying the controversial process for at least a week, records show. State officials agreed to the ruling, which freezes a plan by Gov.…

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