No program, a hemp market regardless, and a border trade with three legal neighbors.
Nov 6, 2026
Democrats have the Senate seats, the votes are short of 60, and a descheduling bill with no social equity has to explain why. Plus hemp dates, Texas fees, Wisconsin, and a military court.
Nov 5, 2026
Lawmakers return Monday and the hemp cap takes effect December 11th, with the Senate math, Pennsylvania, four states, Missouri’s initiative amendment and Illinois on November 12th.
Oct 28, 2026
Griffith wants the hemp fix in a lame-duck reconciliation bill. Plus Question 8’s price tag, Boston’s new cannabis chair, Nevada’s tax study and Jeffries’ cannabis donors.
Oct 13, 2026
Question 8 has raised $3.5 million, and $1,625 came from Massachusetts residents. Plus North Carolina’s hemp shelves, Katyal for Hello Farms, Crowley and Minnesota’s farmers.
Sep 2, 2026
The ban moves to December 11th, into a lame duck. Plus the Tompkins defense rests on Cabral, Newsom signs California's packaging bill, and ten states carry 60 percent of cannabis arrests.
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.
Jul 3, 2026
The Senate splits over who regulates hemp, the DOJ names the money behind Schedule I, and a nation founded on the federal-versus-state fight spends its 250th still having it.
Jun 4, 2026
Logan's Roadhouse pours 5-milligram THC cocktails in Texas while the FDA fast-tracks a cannabis pain drug, and Wyoming says rescheduling doesn't bind its statutes.
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 23, 2026
West Wing orders agencies to prepare imminent action and a new DEA hearing | Virginia sends Spanberger a clean choice on adult-use sales | South Carolina's hemp compromise collapses into conference
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
Mar 24, 2026
Michigan’s tax fight, Virginia’s market design, and a hemp industry being sorted in real time
Mar 12, 2026
Colorado and Massachusetts show what oversupply looks like, while Congress, banks, and states wrestle with the next phase of cannabis policy.
Mar 4, 2026
Virginia’s market build begins, Texas campaigns on THC, and the industry’s money trail complicates the politics of rescheduling.
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.
Feb 20, 2026
Hemp is tightening, retail is shifting, and enforcement is staying loud. Plus Illinois and Washington price compression, Texas distribution, and a reality check on Medicare CBD chatter.
Feb 12, 2026
A coordinated health backlash, a Colorado testing reset, banking gaps that still punish growth, and states feeling border pressure fast.
Feb 3, 2026
A quiet federal deadline carries loud restructuring consequences, and states are already aligning on hemp and safety rules. Plus our Clinical Therapeutics commentary on medical cannabis standards.
Jan 28, 2026
Virginia moves closer to retail sales with conversion fees and equity promises that will collide in the real world. Plus Florida’s signature fight, the federal hemp deadline, and corporate repositioning as the industry waits for policy to pick a lane.
Jan 19, 2026
On MLK Day, a sober look at the rules that shape opportunity: hemp deadlines, rescheduling process, and a circuit split that could redraw licensing risk.
Jan 12, 2026
GOP AGs tee up litigation, banks stay on the sidelines, Texas tests regulation-by-fee, Minnesota counts down to November, and California’s top regulator exits.
Jan 9, 2026
Congress picks the low-risk lane: protect medical, let the White House own Schedule III. Hemp THC hits grocery scale. Massachusetts posts another record.
Jan 7, 2026
March 2 arguments in Hemani, hemp’s 2026 definition squeeze, DeWine’s late beverage rug pull, plus Florida margin pressure, Virginia hospitals, and UK medical guidance.
Dec 4, 2025
CMS opens a narrow CBD lane while Congress clamps down on hemp, states scramble to hold their ground, and the next round of ballots and banking battles comes into view.
Nov 14, 2025
Congress reopened the government by banning most hemp THC products and starting a one year clock. Today we map what survives, what does not, and how serious operators should play the new terrain.
