Recreational Marijuana legalization sponsor on N.Y. rollout

It’s been more than two years since the state Legislature passed the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act which legalized recreational cannabis in New York. However, since then the rollout of the retail market has been stymied by lawsuits, location issues and more. State Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, who sponsored ... Read More

Judge halts marijuana retail licensing program in New York

For people anxious to get rolling in the retail marijuana business, it is another day and another delay. On Friday, a State Supreme Court judge blocked the state’s marijuana retail licensing program after siding with complainants who argued that limiting the first dispensary licenses to people with prior convictions violated ... Read More

Legalizing marijuana never made more sense for Wisconsin

Thirty-six million dollars could pay for 450 teachers in Wisconsin. It could fix more than 700,000 potholes. Or it could help 12,000 struggling families stay in their apartments or homes, avoiding eviction. And that’s just the potential impact of the $36 million in tax revenue Wisconsin could collect every year ... Read More