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Illinois Awards $45M In Cannabis Tax-Funded Grants To Support Community Reinvestment
Friday, June 24, 2022 - 5:31pm | 624On Thursday, Illinois officials announced - through the Restore, Reinvest, and Renew (R3) program - the awarding of $45 million in grants funded by marijuana tax revenue to support community reinvestment in areas “hardest hit by the failed war on drugs,” reported Marijuana...
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'It's Legal': Today Show Visits Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference For Report On Baby Boomers, Pot
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 - 5:54pm | 479This past week, investors, executives and thought leaders converged at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach resort to network and exchange visions for the cannabis industry during the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference. NBC’s Today Show subsidiary visited the conference as part of a...
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Cannabis Social Equity Efforts In Illinois Are 'About Restorative Justice,' Says Lieutenant Governor
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 - 4:08pm | 424Holly Bell is a weed pioneer of sorts. She's the state's cannabis director in Florida, where medical marijuana was approved by voters in 2016. "I'm the first director of cannabis in the state of Florida," she said. Bell — along with government officials like Illinois Lt...