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The Week in Weed: May 2025 # 3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Wisconsin’s legislature says no to the Governor’s cannabis proposal. Pennsylvania’s Senate says no to the...more

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The Week in Weed: March 2025

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, Ohio legislators are working on a bill that would make major changes to the state’s marijuana laws. The...more

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New York Legislators Consider Sweeping Bill Banning PFAS

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With Assembly Bill A3556C, New York joins a growing list of states considering or enacting broad bans on the sale and distribution of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS")....more

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The Week in Weed: August 2023 # 2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see lots of developments at the state level: New York’s licensing woes continue, Florida’s Attorney...more

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PFAS Regulations: Why Manufacturers and Retailers Need to Stay Alert

Although there is no federal ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in ‎textiles, there continues to be activity at the state level to limit PFAS in textiles, with many ‎prohibitions becoming active over the next...more

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Ohio Legislature Cultivating Medical Marijuana Access Expansion

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Ohio legislators are once again attempting to transform the state’s medical marijuana control program after a similar effort stalled out last year. Proponents of the proposed legislation, Senate Bill 9, seek to expand medical...more

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Midterm Cannabis Results Remind That Progress Is Not Linear

Lost for many in the avalanche of news about the midterms, voters in five states went to the polls last month to vote on proposals allowing adult-use cannabis, often referred to as recreational cannabis. Originally...more

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California Passes Law Establishing New Wage and Hour Requirements for Employers in the Garment Industry

On September 27, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 62, also known as the Garment Worker Protection Act, into law. SB 62 makes California the first state to require an hourly minimum wage for garment workers by...more

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Virginia Poised for Final Vote on Marijuana Legalization

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As marijuana legalization continues to sweep through the nation, Virginia is poised to become the first southern state to legalize adult use of marijuana. On March 31, Governor Ralph Northam (D) announced a series of...more

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PA Governor and Lt. Governor Call for the Legalization of Cannabis

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For the second time this September, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf and Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman called on state lawmakers to decriminalize cannabis and legalize recreational cannabis for Pennsylvanians over the age...more

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To Live and Die in LA: Despite Increased Demand, Cannabis Retailers Still Fight for Life in Light of the Pandemic – Is Help on the...

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When we all sheltered in place in mid-March, social media accounts everywhere reflexively joked how marijuana use was about to skyrocket like wine consumption and On Demand streaming. ...more

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The Week in Weed: January 2020 #4

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. The big news in cannabis this week comes from New Mexico.  Legislation introduced last Thursday would legalize...more

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The Week in Weed: January 2020 #2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Let’s start with a look at the new marijuana market in Illinois.  First day sales topped $3 million and 77,000...more

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Impact of New State Sales and Use Tax Laws on Remote Commerce

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After the reversal of long-standing precedent, more than 35 states have introduced bills or passed laws over the last year that would permit the collection of sales and use tax on remote transactions previously excluded from...more

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Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House

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State of Maine Endured Short, Tension-filled Shutdown - Around 2:00 am on Tuesday, July 4, Governor LePage signed the biennial budget that had been delivered to him moments before by the Secretary of the Maine Senate,...more

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