A hemp state building a medical program, with the politics of both running at the same time.
Aug 13, 2026
Medical operators can deduct rent again, and their landlords aren't volunteering anything. Plus Fall River's $4.6 million fee bill, Ballou rules by Friday, and Budd names his price.
Aug 6, 2026
Nine cosponsors on the amendment, Cotton calling it gas-station candy, and a White House liaison promising no more delays. Plus Oklahoma's ghost-licensing case reaches the attorney who drew up the paperwork, Michigan pulls a fourth license in three weeks, and Beacon Hill mostly hasn't answered.
Jul 28, 2026
North Carolina's law enforcement associations are pushing the House to regulate hemp before November. Plus Texas can enforce its THCA rule, and Vireo pays for Planet 13 in stock.
Jul 23, 2026
Their bill repeals the November ban outright instead of delaying it, and the White House is behind it. Plus North Carolina writes the ban into its own code, and Tennessee farmers stop waiting.
Jun 23, 2026
Plus Virginia's market finally clears the legislature, out-of-state money drives Maine's repeal push, Missouri rebuilds its equity licenses, and the legal cannabis workforce shrinks for the first time.
Jun 17, 2026
An industry-side analysis says the D.C. Circuit could stay and reverse rescheduling if standing clears. Plus the FDA's missing hemp lines, Virginia's market caught in a data-center budget fight, and what rescheduling still hasn't done for banking.
Jun 15, 2026
The SJC cleared the adult-use repeal question for November in Massachusetts. Plus a bill to let states force rescheduling, Illinois closing the hemp gap, Virginia's deal revived, and the CCC's cultivation pause.
Jun 12, 2026
North Carolina falls back to a hemp and kratom age limit after broader regulation stalled. Plus New York restores OCM's search power, Rhode Island staffs its commission, and SAM's repeal gets caught.
Jun 10, 2026
Kentucky's House whip wants cannabis licensees prosecuted for following Beshear's medical-marijuana order. Plus Texas hemp back by court order, Ohio's veto fight, and psychedelics at the Pentagon.
Jun 3, 2026
The Rules Committee blocks the hemp delay amendments, but the coalition isn't done. Plus Landry jails public smoking, an HHC suit hits DEA, and AYR hands three more states to its lenders.
May 8, 2026
Federal agents searched Louise Lucas's office and her hemp store Wednesday in a corruption probe Virginia Democrats are already calling political. Plus: Texas hemp lands in court for the third time this week, an Ohio Republican joins a lawsuit against her own party's bill, and New Día heads to Suffolk Superior Court Friday with $13 million in claims hanging over a Cookies-branded equity flagship.
Apr 29, 2026
Wisconsin sent $36M in cannabis taxes to Illinois in 2024 | Federal prosecutors charge 51 in Oklahoma marijuana diversion case | Hemp beverage operators face a self-policing reckoning before federal rules close the door
Apr 22, 2026
Virginia's sponsors may kill the bill rather than accept Spanberger's rewrite | Delaware catches an Arizona licensing scheme | Pritzker and Beshear spend 4/20 building their cannabis records
Apr 2, 2026
Missouri locks in hemp restrictions beyond the federal floor | SAM loses TRO, CBD pilot launches | Social equity operators sue to block Mass. cannabis repeal
Mar 26, 2026
Debt is keeping cannabis alive. The Army dropped its marijuana waiver. Ohio's brewers hit 10,000 supporters.
Mar 16, 2026
Virginia finally builds its retail market. Ohio’s hemp fight becomes a constitutional test. Texas retailers face the real math of new hemp rules.
Mar 11, 2026
States move to regulate hemp drinks, courts test enforcement power, and investors react to rescheduling chatter.
Mar 10, 2026
Texas rewrites hemp rules, Ohio brewers challenge a veto, and regulators across the country keep deciding what intoxicating hemp is allowed to become.
Mar 9, 2026
Pennsylvania faces a hemp deadline, Ohio’s drink ban heads to court, and New York’s sales surge now depends on supply.
Mar 3, 2026
SCOTUS questions marijuana gun ban, Congress faces hemp THC deadline, Tilray deploys $44M in alcohol, and operators absorb new supply chain costs.
Mar 2, 2026
Gun rights at the Supreme Court, insurers eye THC coverage, THCA crackdowns expand, and The Hybrid drops a new episode.
Feb 27, 2026
Congress weighs a hemp delay, California slips again, and New York bets on stability. Plus labor risk, Europe strategy, and capital discipline.
Feb 23, 2026
Supreme Court gun exposure, tighter oversight in Missouri and Rhode Island, Ohio testing shifts, and Michigan’s tax squeeze redraw the operating map.
Feb 18, 2026
Contract enforceability, DOJ’s gun strategy, Virginia momentum, hemp power plays, and a $9B Massachusetts reality check.
Feb 10, 2026
Tax bets get bolder, capital gets pricier, and ballot politics get louder. Today’s briefs track where money and process collide.
