The California State Fair will once again feature a cannabis exhibit and competition at this year’s event, with expanded award categories meant to showcase the diversity of the state’s market. This is the fourth year that California’s annual event has invited marijuana entrepreneurs and consumers to join the festivities—and,... Read more

A New York grant program that will award up to $30,000 apiece to retail marijuana businesses in the state is set to open its application process next week, with applications accepted until the program’s $5 million in funding runs out. The grants are intended to reimburse eligible expenses of... Read more

Pennsylvania’s agriculture secretary says he’s fully confident that his department is in a “really good” position to oversee an adult-use marijuana program as proposed by the governor if lawmakers enact the reform. During hearings before the House and Senate Appropriations Committees this week, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding weighed in... Read more

A Texas judge has ruled that a local marijuana decriminalization law approved by Dallas voters last year can continue to be implemented— denying a request from the Republican state attorney general that sought to temporarily block the reform as a lawsuit proceeds. On Friday, 134th Civil District Court Judge... Read more

Hawaii’s Senate has rejected a plan that would have increased the amount of marijuana that a person could possess without risk of criminal charges. Meanwhile separate, broader legislation to legalize and regulate cannabis appears to have stalled for the year. Senators voted 12–11 against the decriminalization measure, SB 319,... Read more

Results of a secret shopper study in New York City indicate that state-licensed marijuana retailers were far more consistent about discouraging youth access to cannabis compared to illicit stores, with regulated outlets consistently verifying the age of would-be buyers as well as avoiding cartoon signage and products that appeal... Read more