Tag: Office of Cannabis Management
Albert Lea man denied cannabis license amid concerns about criminal past...
Albert Lea’s controversial cannabis licensee is taking his fight from City Hall to the courthouse. Jacob Schlichter — granted a coveted “social equity” license...
Minnesota House Democrats elect Zack Stephenson as new caucus leader
Late Monday night, DFL legislators in the Minnesota House of Representatives elected Rep. Zack Stephenson as their new caucus leader.
The fourth-term lawmaker from Coon...
NEW: Albert Lea council drops second vote for cannabis licensee due...
The Albert Lea City Council declined to hold a second vote for cannabis licensee Jacob Schlichter’s business registration on Monday night.
Schlichter, owner of...
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...
‘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...
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...
Ex cannabis director says she was told ‘not to speak to...
The St. Paul small business entrepreneur who resigned Friday evening just 36 hours after Gov. Tim Walz appointed her to serve as the state’s first director of the Office...
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...