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In Pursuit of a Bettering Edible Experience

July 23, 2024
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Edibles & Infused Processors, News & Insights, Spotlight
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The Bettering Company is a Chicago, Illinois-based manufacturer of high-quality, hand-crafted, vegan, and gluten-free edibles that recently expanded operations into New York, with more states on the way. Currently available in about ten stores in the Empire State, Bettering gummies…

C3 Industries’ Brotherly Model for MSO Success

May 7, 2024
Tom Hymes
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Founded in 2018, Michigan-based C3 Industries is a privately owned, vertically integrated cannabis company that has in short order expanded its retail, cultivation, and manufacturing operations from one state to five states, with a sixth on the way. The brainchild…

Missouri-based Greenlight is Growing

April 2, 2024
Tom Hymes
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When Cannabis Business Executive profiled Greenlight in September 2022, the MSO was flying under the radar in three states – Missouri, Arkansas, and West Virginia – with two more – Illinois and South Dakota – about to open up. Founded…

Governors Urge Biden To Reschedule Marijuana By The End Of This Year

The governors of six states have jointly written a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to ensure marijuana is rescheduled by the end of this year. The letter, signed by the governors of Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey,…

Fig Farms Expands Its Award-Winning Genetic Footprint

July 20, 2023
Tom Hymes
Company Stories, Cultivation, News & Insights, Spotlight
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California-based Fig Farms is a legacy cultivator and breeder that has successfully expanded its genetics and flower throughout the state and into other states. Defined by a fierce and unwavering dedication to genetic and product excellence established and maintained by…

Cannabis transporters file suit claiming competitors are operating without licenses

A group of licensed cannabis transporters have filed suit against Illinois regulators, claiming the state is allowing unlicensed operators to transport marijuana. Those targeted in the suit say the dispute is more a matter of transporters having great difficulty getting…

Cannabis advocates ask for changes in state law to provide protections for patients, business owners and motorists

Advocates called Tuesday for changes to help medical cannabis patients and to broaden opportunities in the marijuana industry. The Alliance for Cannabis Equity, a collective of social justice advocates, medical caretakers and trade associations, is seeking the changes to be…

Teamsters plan to strike at three Rise cannabis stores on the eve of 4/20 pot festivities

The Teamsters plan to strike at three marijuana retail shops in the Chicago region on the eve of April 20, or 4/20, an informal holiday for cannabis consumers. Local 777 announced Tuesday that more than 100 workers intend to go…

First cannabis store with a bar and a bakery under the same roof opens in Illinois

February 2, 2023
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The first store in Illinois to combine marijuana and alcohol sales opened Wednesday in Wheeling, with its owners hoping to make it a place for customers to hang out and relax.Okay Cannabis is unlike any other business in the state,…

Time to exhale? State regulators finally pass around new batch of pot dispensary licenses

The long-awaited licenses are the first new ones to be issued by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration since marijuana was legalized in 2019 and sales started in 2020. Illinois regulators on Friday issued 149 cannabis dispensary licenses that promise to more…

State issues permits for new craft cannabis operations to start construction amid ongoing turmoil in Illinois marijuana industry

Illinois has begun issuing permits for new craft grow cannabis operations to begin construction, and a judge has authorized the state to hold a corrective lottery for dispensary applicants that filed lawsuits challenging the licensing process. Those two developments mark…

Why cannabis that failed Illinois’ state-mandated testing flunked

Most often, the failures were for having excessive levels of mold or yeast, a Sun-Times analysis of state records shows. State data shows that 3,072 samples of cannabis failed at least one state-required test from 2019 through last June. Most…

Illinois’ weed tax windfall tops $560 million. Here’s where the money goes.

December 8, 2021
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The state’s collections since early 2020 now outpace that raised from booze sales. The money has been used on everything from buying an opioid reversal drug to funding a Girl Scouts program to fight human trafficking. First-time recreational cannabis buyers…

Players In the Prairie State

The Illinois cannabis market is booming. Adult-use sales alone have exceeded $100M for six months running, and no doubt September will follow as both July and August topped $120M in sales. The state will eventually fix the many problems snarling…

Was the Illinois Cannabis Dispensary Lottery Rigged? Sure Looks Like It!

September 30, 2021
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Illinois
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by Vince Sliwoski, Attorney at Harris Bricken I was born in Rogers Park, Chicago. When I abandoned college (one of the times), I moved back to work in a Greek and Albanian restaurant and live with my grandparents. I used…

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