It should be a routine call, scheduling a visit from the cable guy to set up internet access. But nothing’s routine when you’re running a medical marijuana company. “There’s… ...

Illinois issued 48 new marijuana craft grow licenses Wednesday, continuing slow progress in expanding and diversifying the industry. Twenty of the new licenses are majority Black-owned, 17 are ...

Illinois collected $451.9 million in cannabis taxes in the most recent fiscal year, compared with $466.8 million the previous year. Recreational cannabis sales during that time rose to $1.59 ...

A Rockford judge has put new licenses to grow marijuana on hold, ... The cost of entry is crushing Illinois' cannabis entrepreneurs. ... “A hearing on this matter is scheduled for June 15.

Illinois recorded more than $2 billion in legal marijuana sales last year, setting an annual record and generating nearly a half-billion dollars in tax revenue for the state. Anchored by more than ...

At cultivation centers throughout Illinois, cannabis production is ramping up for legalization, which is coming January 1. But only 14 licenses have been issued for locations that will sell that ...

CHICAGO - Illinois tweaked how business owners seeking recreational marijuana licenses can apply following complaints that the process favored politically connected and rich applicants over ...

Ten states have legalized recreational marijuana use, most through ballot initiatives. On Friday, Illinois took things one step further, becoming the first state legislature to pass a bill ...

With less than two weeks until Election Day, this is clear: Whether Bruce Rauner or J.B. Pritzker wins, full-on legalization is still a long way off.

The smaller-scale grow operations were part of the 2020 law’s efforts to diversify the cannabis industry in Illinois. Before that, all cultivation centers in Illinois were large-scale operations ...

More cannabis workers in Illinois are banding together to unionize. So far, at least four dispensaries have moved to unionize with Ascend Dispensary in Springfield happening just days ago on April 20.

The five states that generated the most revenue from recreational marijuana sales took in a combined $457.7 million during the final quarter of 2023. Illinois took in nearly $70M on marijuana ...