Tag: Cannabis
GOP legislator: Walz giving ‘pseudo-monopoly’ to tribes in commercial cannabis rollout
A Republican legislator is threatening to pull his support for a sports betting bill over growing frustrations with how Gov. Tim Walz has been handling the...
Another Walz cannabis ‘czar’ steps down
The longtime DFL bureaucrat who Gov. Tim Walz tapped to help him appoint the state’s first-ever (and short-lived) cannabis "czar" has stepped down as the...
Department of Public Safety increasing drunk-driving enforcement through New Year’s Eve
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) announced on Tuesday that its enforcement efforts regarding drunk-driving will be increased from Nov. 27 through New...
‘Social equity applicants’ get first dibs on cannabis licenses under legalization...
The Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) is giving priority to applications from individuals who were formerly convicted of cannabis-related offenses as part of Minnesota’s...
Equal Rights Amendment, other hot-button issues up in the air as...
The days are dwindling for the DFL “trifecta” to pass its latest round of signature legislation at the Minnesota Capitol. It’s a “trifecta” that...
Legislators consider several marijuana bills, including ban on certain flavored products
Almost a year following the Minnesota legislature’s passage of a bill to legalize the use and sale of recreational marijuana, lawmakers are continuing to tie up...
Report: Walz’s office didn’t view full background check of cannabis czar...
A new report released Thursday says Gov. Tim Walz’s office “departed from its Standard Operating Procedure” when it appointed Erin Dupree to lead the...
Report to examine process Walz followed in hiring cannabis czar who...
The Office of the Legislative Auditor is expected to release tomorrow morning what it’s calling a “preliminary assessment” of the process Gov. Tim Walz “followed...
3 weeks after short-lived cannabis director’s resignation, Walz still looking for...
It’s been three weeks since the woman Gov. Tim Walz selected to serve as Minnesota’s first ever cannabis director effectively resigned one day after her introductory press conference.
In...
Walz’s new cannabis director resigns after one day
Gov. Tim Walz’s appointee to lead the new Office of Cannabis Management announced her resignation Friday night one day after being named to the...