New initiative launched to help Illinoisans expunge marijuana arrests, convictions

A new state-funded initiative called New Leaf Illinois aims to connect Illinoisans who want to remove marijuana arrests or convictions from their records with 20 nonprofit organizations that provide free legal representation and information on expungements. New Leaf Illinois was launched Thursday by the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation, an organization created by a 1999 state law ... Read More

Attorneys defend Mississippi marijuana initiative process

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s top legal officer says the state Supreme Court should dismiss a mayor’s “woefully untimely” lawsuit questioning the legitimacy of the medical marijuana initiative that state voters approved by a wide margin last week. The initiative’s sponsors are making the same argument, saying that Madison Mayor ... Read More

Mississippi medical marijuana vote: Initiative 65, 65A or neither

MISSISSIPPI (WKRG) — Mississippi has a major decision on their ticket tomorrow, a vote on medical marijuana initiative for patients with debilitating medical conditions. Statewide last year, more than 280,000 Mississippi residents signed a petition for Initiative 65 concerning medical marijuana to be on the ballot, but voters tomorrow have ... Read More