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Illinois starts new year by expunging nearly 500,000 marijuana arrest records

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) said in an announcement hours before the start of the new year that his state had expunged nearly 500,000 marijuana-related convictions. The move follows Pritzker signing legislation in 2019 legalizing recreational marijuana use in the…

Cities in Illinois Can Now Collect More Taxes On Marijuana Purchases

Municipalities in Illinois that have cannabis dispensaries will start seeing more money from recreational marijuana purchases. Cities, counties and villages that passed an individual 3% cannabis tax could start collecting it as of July 1. In the Metro East, that…

Marijuana tour buses begin rolling in Chicago, with a stop at a private bring-your-own smoking lounge

February 3, 2020
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For her birthday, one of Mary Biekert’s daughters asked for something she’d never gotten before: a marijuana tour of Chicago. So there was Biekert on a recent Saturday night, with her two adult daughters in a private smoking lounge in…

One month to go until recreational weed becomes legal in Illinois. Here’s what you need to know.

December 2, 2019
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When the most popular medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago begins selling recreational pot on New Year’s Day, it will operate like a busy restaurant. Dispensary 33 plans to take names from those in line and page customers by phone when…

As Illinois Prepares To Legalize Pot, Public Housing Tenants Not Allowed To Partake

November 12, 2019
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Recreational pot is about to become legal in Illinois, but Chicago's Housing Authority says not in our backyard or front yard or anywhere on public housing premises, for that matter. Housing voucher recipients received a letter from the agency last…