Excise rates, local fees, and the revenue math that shapes cannabis and hemp policy.
Aug 28, 2026
A sealed grand jury report traces Medicaid settlement money into the campaign that beat legalization. Plus SAM's appeal calendar, Virginia's hemp hearing request, and Alaska's tax by the pound.
Aug 21, 2026
The first general-electorate number on Question 8 lands the day the repeal's funder makes his case on GBH. Plus Booker and Trump's two federal tracks, Texas hemp's third lawsuit, and Tennessee's $54 million hemp tax hole.
Aug 19, 2026
Justice restores gun rights to cannabis consumers, Connecticut closes a store for good and follows the money, and 79 percent of Massachusetts Democrats say keep the law.
Aug 18, 2026
The state's medical commission votes September 30th on USPS and FedEx delivery to patients. Plus Yale's $111 billion estimate, DEA's seventeen-hour turnaround, and Virginia's special session push.
Aug 17, 2026
Judge Robert Ballou lets the two-milligram line land at midnight. Plus the CCC potency audit's harder questions, kratom goes Schedule I, and Stop the Repeal's chair joins The Hybrid.
Aug 14, 2026
Hawaii's hemp crackdown came with a paper trail, Ohio's customers still drive to Michigan, and the Rogers family bought Levia back. Virginia's shelves wait on a judge in Roanoke.
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 12, 2026
A $272 million unsolicited bid meets a special committee. Plus the alcohol industry endorses the hemp beverage bill, and Virginia defends its cap in Roanoke.
Aug 11, 2026
Van Duyne and Landsman give hemp THC drinks an alcohol-style framework. Plus Houston counts signatures, Texas keeps enforcing, and Michigan's tax closes five stores.
Aug 7, 2026
Gillibrand crosses the aisle as Vance brokers and Thune warns of a wreck. Plus Newton repays $2.4 million in impact fees, the CCC reopens its testing file, and a court tells California to read its own track-and-trace data.
Aug 5, 2026
Budd moves to strip the hemp delay, 35 attorneys general back the November date, and marijuana's top trade group amplifies them. Plus North Carolina punts its hemp vote, and 280E goes to Tax Court.
Jul 24, 2026
An accredited lab pulled Virginia shelf flower and found illegal THC, microbials, and a pesticide that becomes cyanide when smoked. Plus the White House backing Barr describes, Minnesota's plan to regulate a Schedule I product, and 89 percent.
Jul 22, 2026
The State Ballot Law Commission puts repeal on the November ballot. Plus Blanche commits to medical only, in writing, and the hemp cliff reaches the bar.
Jul 17, 2026
Descheduling filed one day after the record closed. Plus: New Jersey revokes one license and extends Curaleaf's, Missouri hemp sues in federal court, and hemp drinks finally have a dataset.
Jul 16, 2026
Sheehy's draft trades the November ban for a 1% crop line, age limits, and a nickel-per-milligram tax. Plus the War Department's rescheduling memo, and thirteen Massachusetts delivery pauses.
Jun 22, 2026
Inside the Hemani decision and the two ATF rules it now reshapes. Plus Vermont's interstate runway, Missouri moving $71.9M while $95M sits idle, and Colorado teen use at a fresh low.
Jun 16, 2026
Van Duyne drafts a federal carve-out for hemp drinks as the November cliff nears. Plus a Harvard witness enters the rescheduling fight, Hanna takes CANNRA, and High Tide trades up to a Big 5 bank.
Jun 11, 2026
Laughlin's Cannabis Control Board died 27-23 when co-sponsors crossed, then revived on a reconsider. Plus a rescheduling freeze bid, three New York wins, and a study on personalized cannabis dosing.
Jun 5, 2026
The White House asked Congress to update the hemp definition and left the key line undefined, reopening the fight before November. Plus New York's anti-inversion law, Michigan's tax shortfall, and the 280E fight.
Jun 2, 2026
Murrill withdraws days after Trump ends a Louisiana Senate career, a third challenge hits the D.C. Circuit, Illinois operators move SB 3222, Sherrill signs the hemp-drink law, and Japan bans CBN.
May 29, 2026
Surovell and Lucas float folding cannabis sales into the July 1 budget to box the governor in. Plus: Congress leans on the IRS over 280E, ATACH lawyers up for the DEA hearing, and Tennessee's THCA ban hits July 1.
May 26, 2026
Massachusetts puts a 75 to 125 percent band on THC labels. A federal judge tosses the Medicare hemp suit. Spanberger gets a poll she did not want. Scutari moves a 200-milligram hemp bottle.
May 22, 2026
A bankruptcy court hands Maryland a permit transfer the state was not planning to allow. Federal labor law settles against cannabis exceptionalism. Colorado cultivators sue over the excise tax math. Minnesota loses a lab.
May 21, 2026
A Worcester Superior Court judge says Massachusetts municipalities had to document Community Impact Fees costs under the prior statute too. Curaleaf can sue to find out if they did.
May 20, 2026
DeLobato, Wilson, and Harding take the rebuilt Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission, and the executive director now reports to the chair. DOJ moves to claw back TerrAscend's $8 million refund. California writes a Schedule III workaround. Vermont keeps the 30% cap. Spanberger vetoes Virginia retail.
