Tag: Marijuana
Officials, lawmaker condemn targeting of journalists by Albert Lea cannabis licensee
Albert Lea city officials and a state lawmaker are weighing in after Alpha News reporter Jenna Gloeb and Albert Lea Tribune reporter Sarah Stultz...
State grants ‘social equity’ cannabis license to man with troubling criminal...
Minnesota just handed one of its first recreational cannabis licenses to Jacob Schlichter, owner of The Smoking Tree in Albert Lea.
Schlichter was set to...
‘Weed smelling everywhere’: Student, coach confront Hopkins board with ongoing ‘safety...
At a school board meeting Tuesday night, some parents and students raised concerns about ongoing safety issues at Hopkins High School, describing a troubling...
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...
‘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...
Study finds teen marijuana use tied to dramatic increased risk of...
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- A study published Wednesday found that teens who use cannabis are 11 times more likely to be diagnosed with...
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 head back to work after Easter break with 8 weeks...
After a four-day Easter break that symbolically represents the mid-point of the legislative session, Minnesota’s 133 House members and 67 senators headed back to...
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...