COLUMBUS - Voters who overwhelmingly approved recreational marijuana use in Ohio could soon experience restrictions. Despite the new constitutional amendment that spelled out marijuana regulations, lawmakers want to tighten the reins by limiting where it can be smoked, how it can be transported and the penalties for breaking the law. Lawmakers, however, did keep a
DETROIT - Significant things for the THC beverage sector are afoot at the Circle K. The ubiquitous roadside retailer and convenience store chain plans to start selling hemp-derived THC beverages in as many as 3,000 stores nationwide sometime next year. That’s after Circle K rolls out hemp THC beverages produced by Horticulture Co. and branded
LANSING - Michigan drivers pay state and federal taxes every time they fill up their gas tank. How much, and where those dollars go, are changing in an effort to better maintain and improve the state’s roads system. Those changes were signed into law earlier this month. Lawmakers have described the tax change as “revenue neutral” and
LANSING - Four marijuana-related bills were up for consideration before a Michigan House panel on Thursday, with one aiming to upend rules on the legal amount of regulated pot a a person is allowed to possess, both in plant and concentrate form. Members of the House Regulatory Reform Committee discussed but did not amend or
DETROIT - General Motors and Ford, plus foreign-owned Stellantis, which owns the Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep brands, all reported a healthy uptick in domestic vehicle sales in the latest quarter. They’re also having an easier time than expected navigating federal policy: Washington recently eased tariffs on some auto parts and is backing away from fuel
CINCINNATI - The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control issued a statewide recall of a THC-infused product over a mislabeling. According to a statement, the DCC has issued a product recall for certain products manufactured by Klutch Processing, LLC and Green Investment Partners, LLC The agency was alerted by a dispensary that certain products sold by Klutch Processing, LLC,
COLUMBUS - Cannabis dispensary workers have been forced to go on strike at Herbal Wellness Center in Columbus to protest the company's unfair labor practices and secure a contract. "There's no reason the employer can't provide these workers with what they're demanding – annual wage increases, seniority, and protection from unjust discipline," said Tony Jones,
LANSING - Nearly two weeks after Michigan lawmakers took up legislation instituting a 24 percent tax on wholesale marijuana, members of the Senate Regulatory Affairs committee heard testimony on multiple bills which committee chair Jeremy Moss (D-Bloomfield Township) said were aimed at reducing the regulatory burden on the cannabis industry. Up for consideration last Wednesday
LANSING - An ounce of cannabis flower in September rose by its largest amount month-over-month in two years to $63.16, up 2.22 percent from August’s price of $61.79. The price of an ounce has only risen four times in the last two years, and those mostly came after large drops in price. But the bad
COLUMBUS - The Ohio Senate unanimously passed legislation to overhaul the way that prosecutors must prove whether a person was driving under the influence of marijuana. Ohio, like most the rest of the nation, has liberalized its marijuana laws over the past decade, now allowing recreational and medical use of the drug in a variety
