Legal Related Five Recreational Marijuana Dispensaries Get Green Light in Chicago by Sophia Vida March 11, 2020 Last Friday five proposed marijuana dispensaries in the city of Chicago received approval from the city's Zoning Board of Appeals. Now the sites just need to receive approval from the state. There are two approved River North l...
Legal Related Chicago Airports Now Have Cannabis Amnesty Boxes by Sophia Vida January 08, 2020 With marijuana now legal in the state of Illinois, Chicago's airports have set up "cannabis amnesty boxes." The city put in the metal blue boxes at O’Hare and Midway airports last week so that travelers can get rid of marij...
Legal Related Chicago Approves to Put Money From Recreational Marijuana Towards This by Sophia Vida December 03, 2019 Chicago lawmakers this week have voted 8-1 to approve using taxes from recreational marijuana sales towards a local reparations program. According to the Pioneer Press, the money will go toward job training and other benefits...
Legal Related Chicago to Collect $3.5M in Recreational Marijuana Taxes Next Year by Sophia Vida October 25, 2019 Tax revenues from recreational marijuana will net the city $3.5 million next year, according to Chicago's Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposed $11.65 billion budget which was announced earlier this week. This number represents fou...
Legal Related This Chicago Village is Considering a Yearlong Recreational Marijuana Sales Ban by Sophia Vida August 06, 2019 Grayslake village board members will be meeting on Tuesday to consider the ban of recreational marijuana sales for at least a year. According to Grayslake Assistant Village Manager Brett Kryska, the board first discussed a mora...
Legal Related Legal Marijuana Sales in Illinois May Start by January 1st by Sophia Vida May 04, 2019 Chicago Democratic Rep. Kelly Cassidy said she hopes a bill to legalize adult recreational marijuana will be approved by the General Assembly by the end of May. According to Cassidy, the “best case scenario” would be for th...
Uncategorized Chicago Mayor Wants to Legalize Recreational Marijuana by Sophia Vida December 12, 2018 Rahm Emanuel, Chicago's outgoing mayor who will be leaving office in May of 2019, wants to not only legalize marijuana recreationally but also open a casino. The mayor will be proposing both measures in a major address this we...
Legal Related Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is Set to Sign Medical Marijuana Expansion Bill by Sophia Vida August 28, 2018 Illinois' Governor Bruce Rauner is scheduled to sign a bill on Tuesday at the Chicago Recovery Alliance, a nonprofit distributing clean needles as well as over-dose reversing naloxone. The bill is a medical marijuana expansion ...