Despite promises that cannabis legalization in Illinois would fund more minority business participation and neighborhood improvements, the state has yet to spend $62 million collected for those purposes. Part of the delay in awarding the money is due t…
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Are recreational marijuana sales in Illinois underperforming given the state’s large population?
While Illinois topped $1 billion in total cannabis sales in 2020 as consumers scooped up adult-use products, the new recreational marijuana market there might actually be underperforming when considering the state’s large population. Illinois con…
Are recreational marijuana sales in Illinois underperforming given the state’s large population?
While Illinois topped $1 billion in total cannabis sales in 2020 as consumers scooped up adult-use products, the new recreational marijuana market there might actually be underperforming when considering the state’s large population. Illinois con…
Illinois looks to iron out social equity cannabis licensing debacle
Business-Friendliness Score: 4 out of 5 Illinois has a well-regulated marijuana market and a large population. Recent stumbling blocks in awarding 75 retail licenses have cast doubt upon a program initially hailed as the gold standard for social equity…
Illinois officials say they’ve expunged 500,000 cannabis convictions
Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardoned 9,210 low-level marijuana convictions. Illinois police erased 492,000 others.
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Illinois Erases 500,000 Low-Level Cannabis Charges
State completes the legal process four years ahead of 2025 deadline. The governor of Iliinois has erased nearly 500,000 cannabis-related criminal records in the state. J B Pritzker cleared the state’s non-felony marijuana cases, along with 9,219 low-le…
Illinois Weed Sales On Pace To Top $1 Billion In Year One Of Recreational Sales, With Plenty Of Room To Grow
The year 2020 dawned with thousands of people lined up, some overnight, waiting to be among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Illinois. As the long, strange year comes to an end, people are lined up at food banks, to get coronavirus nasa…
Cannabis taxes save 350 jobs in Chicago
Legalizing marijuana doesn’t just create new jobs. It saves existing ones, too—ask 350 municipal workers in Chicago.
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Manny Mendoza talks culture, community, and ‘Cooked with Cannabis’
Many people met Manny Mendoza on Netflix’ ‘Cooked with Cannabis,’ but this Chicagoan knows so much more about food, weed, and culture.
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First Recreational Cannabis Business Opens in Naperville
Recreational cannabis officially became for sale Thursday in Naperville with the grand opening of the city’s first adult-use cannabis dispensary. The former 3C Compassionate Care Center, located at 1700 Quincy Ave., has been rebranded as Rise Napervill…