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Missouri’s $1.4 billion cannabis market outpaces states with older programs
In less than two years of selling legal recreational weed, Missouri’s cannabis market has grown to $1.4 billion — ...
Politics pivots to Springfield
SPRINGFIELD BECKONS: Illinois lawmakers head into their final session of the year this week with Democrats firmly in the driver’s seat after last week’s election — and Republicans feeling empowered ...
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Democrats have Trump’s second term in mind heading into Illinois legislature’s fall session
Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly return to Springfield this week facing an agenda that now includes considering how to address the implications of President-elect Donald Trump’s ...
Illinois' cannabis transport license process discriminates against minority-owned businesses, lawsuit says
A lawsuit filed by seven Chicago-based companies said an expedited application for large companies was a “nail in the coffin ...
Officials aim to bolster Illinois protections as trans Midwesterners consider moving before 2nd Trump term
State Rep. Kelly Cassidy said there has been a coalition effort to protect trans and reproductive health care access since the Dobbs decision leaked, and Gov. JB Pritzker has been a part of that. Now ...
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Green Thumb unfazed by election results: ‘We continue to execute’
“Now that the election is over, the good news for us is that Green Thumb is set up to win regardless of federal change. We’ve ...