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Senate appropriators spent Sunday moving a deadline. Verano spent Friday in federal court in Trenton, seven Virginia hemp companies spent it in Charlottesville, a few Louisiana brewers spent last week writing to their House delegation, and a couple hundred people in Jefferson County, Florida have spent the spring at commission meetings. Look at which door each one picked. Appropriations, the courts, the agencies, and the county commission are all open right now, and where somebody chooses to show up tells you what they think they can actually win.
🏛️ Hemp gets to December
⚖️ Verano reads Shipp generously
🏗️ Virginia counts the inventory
One man, by delaying, restored the state for us.
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