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Nebraska's Cannabis Legalization Faces Courtroom Showdown Over Alleged Fraud
Friday, November 22, 2024 - 2:54pm | 534Nebraska's recent election, where voters overwhelmingly approved medical cannabis legalization, now faces intense legal scrutiny. As Taking Joints Memo reported, the state Attorney General’s Office and former State Senator John Kuehn argue that widespread petition fraud and notarial...
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Nebraska Says Yes To Medical Cannabis After Years Of Failed Legalization Attempts: Here's What You Need To Know
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 - 1:00am | 909Nebraska voters chose to legalize and regulate medical cannabis on Tuesday via two ballot measures. What Happened The AP reported Tuesday night that with nearly 60% of the votes counted, over 72.4% of Nebraska voters said yes to Initiative 437, thus enacting the Nebraska Medical Cannabis...
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Nebraska Judge Says Yes To Counting Medical Cannabis Votes This Election, Despite Anti-Weed Lawsuit
Monday, November 4, 2024 - 12:53pm | 646A district court judge in Nebraska ruled that votes for and against the state’s medical cannabis ballot measures will be counted and made public. With the last week's ruling Lancaster County District Judge Susan Strong rejected a request to halt the process. What Happened John Kuehn, who has...
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Nebraska Medical Cannabis Legalization Heads Into November Election Amid Signature Controversy
Monday, September 16, 2024 - 1:22pm | 562Nebraska voters will soon decide on whether to legalize medical cannabis, following the certification of two ballot measures on Friday by Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen. As MJBiz Daily reported, the initiatives, which aim to establish a regulated medical marijuana market, were cleared for...
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Former GOP Senator Wants To Stop Cannabis Ballot In Nebraska: Lawsuit Targets Secretary Of State Over Medical Marijuana Petitions
Friday, September 13, 2024 - 1:52pm | 689A former Republican member of the Nebraska State Senate initiated a lawsuit on Thursday aimed at preventing the Secretary of State Bob Evnen from certifying two petitions, backed by Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, that seek to legalize medical cannabis in the upcoming November election, reported...
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Nebraskans For Medical Marijuana Withdraws Lawsuit Against Secretary Of State Bob Evnen, What's Next?
Friday, October 14, 2022 - 10:34am | 432Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana withdrew its lawsuit against Secretary of State Bob Evnen on Thursday. The lawsuit argued the state’s requirement that 5% of registered voters in 38 counties need to sign a petition to place the initiative on the ballot is unconstitutional. The dismissal...
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Is There Still Hope For Nebraska's MMJ Legalization Initiative? Signatures To Get A Second Look
Thursday, August 25, 2022 - 1:59pm | 342Just days after the Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen announced that Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) failed to submit enough valid signatures to place two medical marijuana initiatives on the November ballot, officials agreed to revisit the matter, reported Nebraska Examiner....