by InfluencER | Aug 11, 2021 | Politics and Law
In a new legal brief filed before Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Appeals Commission, state Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) argues that residents fired from the jobs for cannabis use outside the workplace are still eligible by law for unemployment benefits. Nessel...
by InfluencER | Aug 11, 2021 | Politics and Law, Production
Regulators at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have given the go-ahead to Colorado’s hemp management plan, which will govern the state’s sizable industry for the crop and ensure that businesses there continue to operate in compliance with federal law....
by InfluencER | Aug 11, 2021 | Politics and Law
Senator Liz Krueger will detail New York’s model for marijuana legalization at the Business of Cannabis: New York summit on September 29 – the first major cannabis summit since the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) was approved in March 2021. Krueger will...
by InfluencER | Aug 10, 2021 | Politics and Law
Activists in Nebraska unveiled a new strategy this week in their effort to legalize medical marijuana through the ballot box next year, announcing that they’ll seek to qualify a pair of complementary initiatives to put before voters. The bifurcated approach is an...
by InfluencER | Aug 10, 2021 | Politics and Law, Production
A recent advisory memo from a federal financial regulatory agency is causing a stir among some legal hemp companies, who say they’re concerned the advice will make it more difficult to obtain business loans to expand and stay competitive in the growing national...
by InfluencER | Aug 10, 2021 | Politics and Law
Ohio attorney general Dave Yost has rejected an advocacy group’s proposal and signatures to legalize recreational cannabis. Attorney General Yost published a letter on August 5, stating that the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol did not meet the necessary...
