by InfluencER | Jul 23, 2021 | Politics and Law
A bipartisan group of congressional lawmakers is circulating a letter to build support for a spending bill amendment they’re introducing this week that would protect all state and tribal marijuana programs from federal interference—going beyond the existing measure...
by InfluencER | Jul 23, 2021 | Politics and Law
A GOP congressman released videos on Wednesday showing him teaming up with local California police to bulldoze illegal marijuana grow sites—flexing his muscles, deploying cheesy quotes, and grinning throughout the volunteer task. The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office...
by InfluencER | Jul 23, 2021 | Politics and Law
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Thursday discussed his strategy for getting enough votes to pass his federal marijuana legalization bill, describing the process of soliciting feedback on the legislation from colleagues and working to incorporate any...
by InfluencER | Jul 23, 2021 | Investors
For the first time since late 2019, lobbying spending at the federal level by cannabis-focused entities has jumped. As Cannabis Wire previously reported, the spending peak of just over $2 million in Q4 2019 mapped against the passage of the SAFE Banking Act in the...
by InfluencER | Jul 23, 2021 | Politics and Law
The North Carolina Senate keeps advancing a bill that would legalize medical marijuana here, as the state remains one of the few holdouts in the country without such a law. Senators in the Finance Committee passed the bill Wednesday, after a brief discussion about the...
