A congresswoman is asking for marijuana plants to be displayed at the U.S. Botanic Garden near the Capitol in Washington, D.C. in recognition of state and federal efforts to legalize cannabis. Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) wrote a letter to the executive director of the living plant museum, which... Read more

Banking associations representing all 50 U.S. states—as well as various other financial, insurance and union organizations—are calling for Senate committee passage of a marijuana banking bill “as quickly as possible.” Ahead of a Senate Banking Committee hearing on cannabis industry financial issues that was held on Thursday, several national... Read more

As a new poll shows strong majority support for legalization in Minnesota, bipartisan and bicameral lawmakers held their first conference committee meeting on Friday, resolving mostly modest differences between marijuana legalization bills that passed the House and Senate last month, while leaving larger distinctions on issues like tax policy for another day.... Read more

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says a committee vote on a marijuana banking bill will be scheduled “in the near future” following an initial hearing on Thursday—and he is reiterating plans to attach criminal justice reform provisions to the financial services measure. In a speech on the floor... Read more

Just one day after the New Hampshire Senate defeated a marijuana legalization bill, the Republican governor announced that he would sign an alternative proposal to enact legalization through a system of state-run stores. What happens next is up in the air, as earlier House-passed legislation from last session that... Read more

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and two top colleagues said on Thursday that they will be working to add marijuana expungements legislation to a cannabis banking bill that had just been discussed in a committee hearing. Schumer, along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen.... Read more

Wisconsin’s Democratic Senate minority leader keeps a U.S. map in her office, color-coded to show the status of state marijuana laws around the country. Lately, that map has been growing greener and greener—but not in Wisconsin itself, where the GOP-controlled legislature has resisted even incremental reform. With Minnesota lawmakers... Read more

The New Hampshire Senate has rejected a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana. Just two days after receiving an unfavorable recommendation from the Senate Judiciary Committee, the full chamber defeated the measure in a 14-10 vote on Thursday. Following the committee vote on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Sharon Carson (R)... Read more