Tag Archives: Republican

Cannabis in strong position despite pandemic, Blumenauer says

By Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Despite the steep headwinds facing the [...]

Legalization Continues to Gain Momentum In Various States

Alabama medical marijuana bill passes out of Senate committee Marijuana Legalization Bill Passes New Hampshire [...]

Low-Level Marijuana Offenders Eligible For Pardons In North Dakota

State officials have approved procedures permitting those with low-level marijuana possession convictions to seek unconditional pardons. Republican [...]

House Panel Approves Marijuana Decriminalization Bill

By Lisette Voytko Topline: A Congressional committee approved a landmark billWednesday that would decriminalize and [...]

Congress Will Consider Lots Of Marijuana Amendments Next Week

By Kyle Jaeger  Almost a dozen cannabis-related amendments will be considered by a key congressional [...]

State Financial Regulators Press Congress To Allow Marijuana Banking Access

The top financial regulators in 25 states and U.S. territories are joining together to pressure [...]

Oregon lawmakers reject plan to restrict recreational cannabis supply

The Oregon Senate shot down a plan to limit the state’s supply of legal, adult-use [...]

House panel approves marijuana banking bill

BY ALEX GANGITANO The House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow [...]

Ready to inhale: Democratic 2020 contenders embrace marijuana legalization

By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cory Booker has reintroduced his U.S. Senate bill to [...]

Key Moments From The First Marijuana Hearing Of The New Congress

By Kyle Jaeger The first marijuana hearing of the 116th Congress kicked off on Wednesday. A [...]

Legal Marijuana Advocates Rank The Best And Worst Governors On Cannabis

By Tom Angell The U.S.’s 50 state governors just got their annual report cards from a leading [...]

Hemp Legalized in USA After Decades of Prohibition

By Julia Clark-Riddell This afternoon, President Donald Trump signed the 2018 Farm Bill into law. Hidden [...]

Veterans’ Advocates Upset that Congress Denies VA from Considering Medical Cannabis

Veterans’ Advocates Upset that Congress Denies VA from Considering Medical Cannabis

Legislators Expect Federal Legalization in 2019

By Pat Beggan Reps. David Joyce (R-Ohio) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) said at the Cannabis Law [...]

GOP Senator Pushes Back Against White House Anti-Marijuana Plans

A Republican U.S. senator who earlier this year cut a deal with President Trump to [...]