A bipartisan marijuana banking bill that House and Senate lawmakers refiled this week is getting praise from many of the major marijuana industry stakeholders and financial institutions who’ve backed earlier versions of the reform. And key advocates— including critics of the measure’s limited equity provisions—are giving tepid support for... Read more

The Colorado House of Representatives has given initial approval to a Senate-passed bill to create a regulatory framework for legal psychedelics under a voter-approved initiative. The chamber approved the legislation from Senate President Steve Fenberg (D) on second reading in a voice vote on Friday, following its consideration by committees... Read more

The Minnesota Senate has finally approved a bill to legalize marijuana that advanced through 13 committees, setting the stage for a conference with the House to resolve differences with a companion reform measure that the chamber passed on Tuesday. The Senate passed the legislation from Sen. Lindsey Port (D)... Read more

The Republican speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has agreed to hold a committee debate and vote on a bill to federally legalize marijuana, the GOP congresswoman who is sponsoring the legislation says. As one condition of her support for leadership’s unrelated proposal to raise the debt ceiling... Read more

California marijuana regulators announced on Tuesday that they’ve awarded nearly $20 million in research grants to 16 academic institutions to carry out studies into cannabis, including novel cannabinoids like delta-8 THC and the genetics of “legacy” strains from the state. The research projects being funded by the California Department... Read more

A federal law enforcement agency has updated its employment policy to make it so applicants who’ve grown, manufactured or sold marijuana in compliance with state laws while serving in a “position of public responsibility” will no longer be automatically disqualified—whereas those who did so in violation of state cannabis... Read more

The U.S. Cannabis Council (USCC)—a coalition of marijuana industry stakeholders and advocacy groups—has named a new executive director and made additional changes to leadership as it works to navigate cannabis reform under a divided Congress, the group told Marijuana Moment exclusively ahead of a formal announcement on Thursday. Edward... Read more

Senate Republicans have blocked a procedural vote to advance a bill to the floor that would promote research into the therapeutic effects of marijuana for military veterans with certain conditions. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) filed cloture on a motion to proceed for the VA Medicinal Cannabis Research... Read more