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 ...
Legal Related Illinois Starts to Issue Grow Cannabis Licenses by Sophia Vida May 20, 2022 The state of Illinois has officially started the process of issuing craft grow cannabis licenses that were held up in court until March. It was that month that a judge lifted an injunction to allow state officials to proceed wi...
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. ...
Money related Illinois Recreational Marijuana Sales Hit Record in December by Sophia Vida January 04, 2022 The last month of 2021 was a big success for recreational marijuana sales in the state of Illinois. Illinois set a record in December helping the state to hit $1.38 billion for the year. This was more than double compared to...
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 is About to Open its First Cannabis Lounge in This Small Town by Sophia Vida July 09, 2021 One would imagine that the first marijuana lounge in Illinois would be in a big city like Chicago, but alas, no. The first lounge will be opening this weekend in the small city of Sesser and cannabis smokers will be able to leg...
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...
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...
Trends & Articles The First On-site Consumption Marijuana Lounge is Set to Open in Illinois by Sophia Vida March 18, 2021 The city of Sesser will be home to the first on-site consumption cannabis lounge in the state of Illinois soon. The state has seen amazing growth in its recreational marijuana industry with sales more than tripling since the in...
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...
