Legal Related Judge Lets Illinois Issue Licenses for 185 New Cannabis Stores by Sophia Vida May 26, 2022 After a long delay of nearly 10 months, this Friday a judge ended the court order that prevented Illinois from issuing 185 new recreational cannabis store licenses. Cook County Circuit Judge Michael Mullen lifted the stay that ...
Trends & Articles Illinois House Approves Protections in the Workplace for Marijuana Users by Sophia Vida March 07, 2022 Illinois was the first state to legalize marijuana and launch a retail system for adults through an act of legislature back in 2019. In 2021, the state brought in over $1 billion in sales for recreational cannabis products. ...
Sector News Illinois Aims to Give Applicants Fair Shot with Extra Cannabis Lottery by Sophia Vida September 06, 2021 In an effort to give more applicants a fair shot at the blossoming legal marijuana industry in Illinois, the state is planning for an extra cannabis lottery. The state's lotteries were providing an additional 185 licenses that ...
Legal Related Illinois Gets Another Lawsuit Thrown at it Over Marijuana Licensing by Sophia Vida August 19, 2021 As sales continue to scorch in the state of Illinois, another lawsuit has been filed against it over its cannabis licensing process. This newest lawsuit claims that they were "forced" to relinquish lottery spots for retail perm...
Sector News Illinois Briefly Lets Medical Marijuana Patients Buy From Any Dispensary by Sophia Vida June 29, 2021 In a tehnical computer glitch this week that disrupted cannabis service in Illinois, the state allowed medical cannabis patients to buy from any dispensary. The state of Illinois alerted dispensaries Monday to sell to any regis...
Legal Related Marijuana Sales in Illinois Are Now Exceeding Liquor Sales by Sophia Vida May 04, 2021 Sales of cannabis in Illinois are continuing to smash records. The state is now expecting over $1 billion in recreational weed sales and had hit a new record for sales in April. According to the latest data available from the s...
Featured Marijuana MSO Parallel Jumps into the Illinois Market with $100M Acquisition by Sophia Vida April 02, 2021 Atlanta-based Parallel has moved into Illinois with the agreement to acquire six stores belonging to a retail store chain in the state for $100 million. Parallel, who is one of the largest privately held multi-state cannabis op...
Legal Related Illinois Marijuana Workers Want to Unionize by Sophia Vida March 09, 2021 According to a report from the Chicago Tribune, as Illinois' marijuana industry exploded to surpass $1 billion after just a year of sales, marijuana laborers are now working to unionize. "The industry has unfortunately just pro...
Money related Illinois Sees Record Sales of Marijuana in December by Sophia Vida January 05, 2021 Sales of cannabis in the state of Illinois soared 15% in December to end the first year of sales at $669 million. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation released net cannabis revenue from adult-use sal...
Legal Related Illinois Could See $1 Billion in Weed Sales This Year by Sophia Vida December 30, 2020 Recreational marijuana going on sale in Illinois this year has been epic. Thousands of people have lined up, some overnight, as they waited to be among the first to buy recreational marijuana in the state earlier this year. Des...