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The New York Senate has approved a bill that would provide tax relief to New York City marijuana businesses that are currently blocked from making federal…

Illinois lawmakers have approved a budget bill that includes provisions that would allow licensed marijuana businesses to take state tax deductions that they’re currently prohibited from…

“This bill also permits agencies involved to share information so that the banks or credit unions may ensure the business is a legal cannabis business, paying…

We all know the Oregon cannabis industry is struggling. We write often about the causes on a macro level, possible solutions, and what we see as…

Bipartisan congressional lawmakers refiled another marijuana bill on Thursday—this one proposing to provide a safe harbor to insurance companies that work with state-legal cannabis businesses. The…

Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Monday announced the launch of a new state-funded loan program for cannabis social equity businesses.  The new program is designed to…

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) says that lawmakers are working to “resurrect” a package of marijuana reform legislation from last session, acknowledging that failure to advance a…

A bill pending before Connecticut state lawmakers would allow businesses in the state’s nascent cannabis industry to take tax deductions commonly enjoyed by firms in other…

Marijuana regulators from three states, advocates and small business representatives of the cannabis industry will share advice on charting an equitable path forward in the legalization…

We’ve written regularly about the plight of cannabis businesses not being able to secure traditional lending (and other financial services) from major, federally regulated institutions. In…