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#1 Texas Hemp Industry Breathes Sigh of Relief as Legislators Avoid Ban
Sep 8 2025 // When news broke last Wednesday afternoon of a last-minute push to pass new, stricter regulations for consumable hemp products, the employees at Austin Vape & Smoke sprung into action. Zaquiri Hensen, a manager at the...
#2 Nebraska Officials Are Targeting Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana
Oct 7 2025 // Nebraska officials missed a deadline this week granting licenses to marijuana growers as part of a voter-approved measure that legalized medical marijuana, offering the latest example of pushback in Republican-led states...
#3 Robbery, Grow Lights and Lounges Among Top Cannabis Industry Risks
Sep 26 2025 // From cultivation to cash registers, cannabis-related claims can face special challenges. When asked about the biggest exposures in the cannabis industry, Beth Ossino, claims manager at Golden Bear Insurance Company,...
#4 Residents of Michigan Border Towns Reject Expansion of Cannabis Stores
Nov 13 2025 // In the summer, the board in mostly rural Niles Township gave a preliminary OK to 21 cannabis stores along one road currently dotted with businesses and surrounded by farmland. On Tuesday, Nov. 4, voters rejected them...
#5 Congressional THC Ban Threatens Texas’ $8 Billion Hemp Industry
Nov 14 2025 // As part of the spending deal to end the government shutdown, federal lawmakers approved a provision cracking down on hemp products containing THC, restoring a ban Texas Republicans sought to impose earlier this year. The...
#6 Texas Medical Marijuana Industry to Push for Hemp Age Restrictions
Jul 1 2025 // Texas’ medical marijuana dispensaries entered into this year’s legislative session with a two-prong strategy to expand: to loosen the state’s rules on their industry that has made the program largely...
#7 Minnesota Cities Consider Government-Run Marijuana Shops
Aug 8 2025 // As some Minnesota cities fret over regulating newly legalized and normalized marijuana sales, others see an opportunity. Elk River is among 13 Minnesota cities considering opening municipally owned cannabis stores. They...
#8 California Cannabis Grower Said 9 Employees Were Among Hundreds Detained in Raid
Aug 6 2025 // California’s biggest legal marijuana grower said nine of its employees were detained in a federal immigration raid last month that netted hundreds of arrests, and that the business has ended its relationship with two...
#9 Texas Senate Passes Ban on Hemp
Mar 21 2025 // The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a state ban on all forms of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, advancing a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to crack down on the state’s booming consumable hemp market six years after...
#10 Texas Likely to Expand Medical Marijuana Program as Hemp Ban Looms
May 28 2025 // The Texas Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that will expand the conditions eligible for the state’s medical marijuana program, including chronic pain and Crohn’s disease, and allow for vaporized and aerosol...
#11 Texas Farmers Fear Proposed Legislation Could Devastate Hemp Economy
Apr 23 2025 // Andrew Hill, who studied and farmed hemp in California before it was legal in Texas, was a keynote speaker at the state’s first-ever agricultural hemp expo in Dallas in 2019. Amid considerable hype and excitement...
#12 New York Marijuana Shops Sue State Over Mistaken Openings Too Close to Schools
Aug 19 2025 // A group of marijuana dispensaries in New York sued the state on Friday after cannabis regulators admitted they accidentally allowed pot shops to open too close to schools, putting the future of the businesses in...
#13 Former Insurance Agent Arraigned in Scam for Fake Cannabis Business
Aug 1 2025 // A formerly licensed insurance agent was arraigned this week on multiple felony charges involving fraud for duping people to invest in a non-existent marijuana business. Matthew Evans, 36, of Palmdale, pleaded not guilty to...
#14 Texas Lawmakers Reined in Recreational THC for More Medical Marijuana
Jun 6 2025 // Texas lawmakers this year heavily focused their drug policy agenda on banning tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, products in the state. Senate Bill 3, which prohibits the possession of consumable hemp products that contain any...
#15 Minnesota Cities Test Limits of State’s Cannabis Law, Exposing Legal Gray Areas
Sep 25 2025 // Whether it comes from courtrooms or the Capitol, Minnesota’s cannabis laws look in need of clarification in response to wide interpretations by cities. Local governments by law can cap the number of cannabis...
#16 Cannabis Retailers Must Face College Athlete’s Psychosis Claims
Jun 30 2025 // A former champion college athlete and aspiring Olympian known for his prowess in track and field events has advanced his lawsuit that blames cannabis retailers for his cannabis-induced psychosis that led to a suicide...
#17 Wisconsin Republicans Kill Cannabis Legalization And Tax Increases for Millionaires
May 13 2025 // Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature voted to kill most of the top spending priorities of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, including legalizing marijuana, even as both sides negotiate a tax cut. The...
#18 In $17M Suit, Cannabis Grower Claims Nearby Farm’s Pesticides Contaminated Its Crops
Feb 19 2025 // A Massachusetts cannabis grower is suing a neighboring berry and vegetable farm for allegedly rendering its entire cannabis harvest unusable by incorrectly spraying chemicals in a way that caused them to drift onto its...
#19 Ken Paxton Adds Dallas to List of Cities He’s Sued Over Marijuana Decriminalization
Nov 22 2024 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed another lawsuit to prevent decriminalizing marijuana-related offenses, this time against the city of Dallas. Paxton has previously sued the cities of San Marcos, Austin, Killeen,...
#20 Fire-Damaged Cannabis Grower Loses $1.3 Million Business Income Loss Claim
Jan 23 2025 // A cannabis growing company has lost its bid to have its insurer cover $1.3 million in claimed business income losses after a building fire damaged almost 1,000 of its marijuana plants and shuttered one of its...
