Tim Griffin

The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered the Secretary of State to resume counting approximately 18,000 disputed signatures for Issue 3, a proposed amendment to expand the state’s medical marijuana program.  The Supreme Court’s ruling comes as a preliminary injunction in the ongoing...

As Arkansas activists are working to place a measure to expand medical marijuana access statewide on the November 2024 ballot, the number of those opposing the policy measure is growing. Arkansas poultry executive Ronald Cameron spent more than $100,000 in July alone to support a group trying to...

Increasingly popular Chinese online budget retailers, such as PDD Holdings‘ (NASDAQ:PDD) Temu, offer products at dirt-cheap prices. One U.S. state launched a lawsuit against Temu for deceptive practices amid greater geopolitical escalation between the U.S. and China. What Happened: Arkansas...

A group of 21 state attorneys general is urging Congress to do something about the lack of regulations on intoxicating hemp products.  It's been more than five years since former President Trump signed the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Farm Act 2018), which effectively legalized hemp and...

A lawsuit filed in Arkansas federal court by a coalition of hemp product marketers in Colorado, Texas and the Bear State is challenging a measure that effectively banned the sale of products infused with THC derived from hemp plants, reported the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The products...