Oregon

Small businesses in Oregon affected by wildfires are being offered disaster assistance loans.  That is, unless, your business is cannabis related. According to Marijuana Moment, marijuana-related businesses are being excluded from the Small Business Administration's application...

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Halo Labs Inc. (NEO: HALO) (OTCQX: AGEEF) has partnered with Terphogz LLC, a cannabis breeding group, to cultivate and market new cannabis genetics in Oregon. Under the five-year deal, Terphogz agreed to grant Halo rights to its collection of genetic strains, including...

By Goldleaf's Alfonso Colasuonno, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. For adults over the age of 21, recreational cannabis is now legal in 11 states and medical cannabis is legal in 33. In 2014, the state of Oregon legalized recreational cannabis after voters overwhelmingly...

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions after legislative efforts to pass a cap-and-trade bill failed for the second year in a row. The directive seeks to cut carbon emissions by at least 45% below their 1990 levels within the next 15...

By Confident Cannabis, provided exclusively to Benzinga Cannabis. Noah Levine is the owner of Benson Arbor, a locally-operated family cannabis farm on the Oregon side of the Siskiyou Mountains. He brings a unique perspective to the cannabis industry as one of the few growing since first...

In a replay of last year's drama over climate change legislation, Republicans in the Oregon Senate staged a walkout Monday morning to slow a Democratic bill to cap greenhouse gas emissions, OregonLive reported. Under the state Constitution, a two-thirds majority of the Senate must be present for a...

Good day, Two Oregon Department of Transportation managers implicated in a whistleblower scandal have retired after a six-month internal investigation into new violations, according to multiple media outlets. The retirements come several years after the Salem Statesman Journal published an...

Hundreds of truck drivers showed up at the Oregon Capitol on Thursday to protest a bill that would put a price on carbon emissions, exposing the deep divide in this state between mostly urban new economy businesses championing strong action on greenhouse gas emissions and rural communities who say...

Cannabis company MediGreen US announced Tuesday an agreement in principle to acquire a farm in Oregon, motivated by the recent Oregon’s legislature voted to enable interstate commerce in cannabis-related goods. The company anticipates obtaining a license from Oregon authorities. Wholesale...

With a growing public acceptance of cannabis in society, there's a natural instinct to wonder about the possible health benefits and market potential of other still-illegal substances. “To me, all the psychedelic stuff, it's just prohibition 2.0,” Bruce Linton, cannabis...

By William Sumner, Hemp Business Journal Contributor When discussing the expansion of the U.S. hemp market, much attention has been paid to states like Kentucky, since with backing from influential legislators like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Bluegrass State...

The Buffalo Bills will travel to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey this weekend to take on the New York Giants. Some of their fans will likely only go part of the way, getting off I-90 just past Syracuse. There, they'll be able to hit one of the upstate casinos with a sportsbook and bet on the NFL...

While much has been reported about cannabis oversupply in Oregon, Colorado has also seen (lesser) price declines. As Oregon saw a 64% decline in wholesale prices from October 2016 to March 2019, Colorado experienced a 60% drop from January 2015 to April 2019. The downward slides in wholesale...