The governor of Connecticut is jamming to a new country song about all the good things about his state, including the fact that it’s “cool to smoke some pot” since he signed an adult-use legalization bill into law. Gov. Ned Lamont (D) shared a clip of the song, “First... Read more

California officials are distributing another round of community reinvestment grants totaling $35.5 million with tax revenue generated from recreational marijuana sales. The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) announced on Wednesday that they’ve awarded 78 grants to organizations throughout the state that will support economic and social... Read more

A coalition of marijuana advocacy groups has launched a campaign meant to promote education about the need for cannabis banking reform, highlighting what they see as the social and economic equity advantages of freeing up businesses in the industry to access traditional financial services. Marijuana Matters, Minority Cannabis Business... Read more

A first-of-its-kind taxpayer-funded marijuana PSA aired in most of New York during an NBA Finals game on Thursday, boldly addressing the racially discriminatory harms of cannabis criminalization and highlighting steps that state regulators are taking to right the wrongs of prohibition. However, one major TV station refused to air... Read more

A California government task force released an interim report on reparations for black Americans on Wednesday that delves deep into how marijuana criminalization and the broader the war on drugs has been weaponized against minority communities and contributed to a cycle of mass incarceration. The report from the Reparations... Read more

The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) is renewing his call to legalize marijuana in the territory, putting pressure on the legislature to enact the reform as a revenue generator that he says is long overdue. Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. (D) included expected legal cannabis revenue in his... Read more