Browsing: Equity

Interviewing the Torches team was like talking to one person while chatting with four. First came José, license holder and big-picture hustler from Jamaica, Queens. Then,…

Colin Fraser’s life has been punctuated by moments that could have ended him. He was shot eight times. He was wrongly incarcerated on cannabis-related charges. He…

On August 3 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, The Smoking Tree opened to the public. Owned by 29-year-old Jacob Schlichter, it is the state’s first state-licensed cannabis…

The Washington Cannabis Social Equity Program will begin accepting applications for 52 new retail social equity licenses this June, Inlander reports. The licensing period will be…

A Minnesota judge ruled on Friday that state officials must hold a cannabis equity pre-licensing lottery after the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) abandoned the process…

The California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development on Tuesday announced over $18 million in grant funding for local governments to support cannabis equity applicants…

Nevada County, California is set to receive $500,000 from the state for cannabis social equity programs, The Union reports. The Cannabis Equity Grants Program for Local…

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) has collected over $6 million in cannabis social equity excise fees but the state has yet to allocate any…

Yesterday, in the grand American tradition of bungled, cannabis social equity programs, the Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) canceled its social equity applicant lottery. In…

In a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D), a group of 18 organizations expressed concerns about the administration’s perceived pivot away from social equity…