Congress is set to take up a large-scale spending bill to provide funding for the government in the 2023 Fiscal Year—and it will be the second major test within the span of a week to see if marijuana banking and other cannabis reforms are pursued through a must-pass vehicle... Read more

Kansas lawmakers on Friday held the latest in a series of meetings of a committee charged with preparing a medical cannabis legalization bill that the full legislature can consider in the 2023 session. Sen. Robert Olson (R), who chairs the Special Committee on Medical Marijuana, also announced that members... Read more

WNBA player Brittney Griner is returning to the U.S. after the government secured her release from Russian detention after serving 10 months of a nine-year sentence for low-level cannabis possession. And while there’s widespread relief over the development, already there are calls from advocates and lawmakers to follow up... Read more

President Joe Biden is cheering another state-level action to clear marijuana conviction records action following his own presidential pardons, applauding Connecticut for taking action to provide relief to those who’ve been criminalized over cannabis. He similarly voiced approval after Oregon’s governor pardoned tens of thousands of cannabis cases last... Read more

Texas activists are collecting signatures to reverse a move by the Harker Heights City Council to overturn a voter-approved marijuana decriminalization ballot initiative. Meanwhile, lawmakers in another Texas city, Killeen, voted to enact a similar local decriminalization initiative—but they removed a key provision. Harker Heights was one of five... Read more

Ohio lawmakers held a brief hearing on Tuesday to consider two marijuana legalization bills—one sponsored by Democrats and the other led by Republicans. Both bills before the House Finance Committee would tax and regulate cannabis for adults over the age of 21, though they have significant differences between them.... Read more

The House sponsor of marijuana banking legislation said on Wednesday that following its lack of inclusion in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) he will be immediately getting to work to attach the reform to pending omnibus appropriations legislation—though he added that he’s lost sleep over recent setbacks and... Read more