By Rebecca Lee Katz, President, Pakaloh LLC This year, a national outcry against police violence and the impact of COVID-19 on Black and brown communities initiated a reckoning with the legacies of oppression and injustice in the U.S. Along with recognizing our institutionalized and internalized racism, we have started... Read more
Bridget Degnen was among multiple ex-state employees who have sought to cash in as officials award the next round of highly lucrative pot shop licenses. After serving as one of Illinois’ top cannabis regulators, Cook County Commissioner Bridget Degnen pitched herself as an expert last summer as she offered... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic can’t keep the Cannabis Cup down! For our People’s Choice Edition tour, we made a stop in Illinois, where folks thriving in the cannabis space stepped up to compete. Here are the winners of the Cannabis Cup Illinois: People’s Choice Edition 2020! Courtesy of Revolution Cannabis... Read more
The process has been criticized for shutting out minority applicants. Now, businesses that scored below a certain level on their application will get a chance to make changes, then file again. Jermell Chavis grew up in North Lawndale and served two tours in Iraq as a U.S. Marine. Now... Read more
Illinois has been making major headlines in the cannabis sector, as some groups cry out that the plans for granting new business licenses are not inclusive enough of minorities, and that the lottery system for choosing new businesses license holders is unfair. Now, after analyzing the current systems that... Read more
CHICAGO (CBS/AP) — After a barrage of complaints that only 21 companies made the cut for the upcoming lottery for 75 new marijuana dispensary licenses, Gov. JB Pritzker has announced companies that missed out will get a second chance at making the grade. Earlier this month, the state announced... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / Governor’s team to meet to address complaints about marijuana licensing process in Illinois September 17, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Amid a flurry of complaints that the marijuana licensing process is broken, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office announced... Read more
Recreational marijuana sales just set a new record high – nearly $64 million worth of cannabis was sold last month. And as CBS 2’s Meredith Barack reported Tuesday evening, those numbers are expected to keep growing. At the Sunnyside dispensary at 436 N. Clark St. in River North, a lot... Read more
Hamd Kamal is a risk management consultant for KPMG, which is being paid nearly $4.2 million through a no-bid contract with the state to evaluate applicants. An employee of the global accounting firm that was awarded a no-bid contract to grade applications for the state’s next round of pot... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Illinois / Lawsuit seeks to delay cannabis license lottery, alleges state picked 21 ‘politically-connected insider companies’ September 9, 2020 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Two unsuccessful marijuana dispensary applicants are suing the state, hoping to hit the pause button on... Read more
