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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) announced on Thursday that officials will hold a lottery in October for awarding the state’s initial medical cannabis business licenses, according…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) on Tuesday awarded 50 grants totaling $2,350,000 to cannabis social equity businesses in 28 communities through the state’s Cannabis Social Equity…

Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in The Outlaw Report, and has been republished with permission. Gov. Youngkin vetoed a democratically passed cannabis adult-use market bill…

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) this week signed two bills aimed at the medical cannabis and intoxicating hemp industries in the state. Noem on Monday signed…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has ordered a top-down review of the state’s adult-use cannabis program amid rampant unlicensed sales and multi-month delays to the…

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) has proposed decoupling state and federal taxes for cannabis industry operators as a partial workaround for IRS code 280E, Marijuana…

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is calling on Ohio lawmakers to pass a proposal that would enable the state’s medical cannabis dispensaries to serve adult-use customers, according…

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) called this week for the legalization of adult-use cannabis after suggesting the state is losing out on potential cannabis revenues to…

The roll-out of New York’s adult-use cannabis industry has been “a disaster,” Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said last week in an interview with Buffalo News. Hochul said…

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said last week that he thinks the Florida Supreme Court will allow an adult-use cannabis legalization proposal to appear on this…