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Key Points A Reddit poster’s parents are struggling to live on $2,200 per month. They have equity in their home and probably ...
The cannabis industry has experienced dramatic changes over the past few years, with a stronger focus on social equity and justice than ever before. As more states legalize cannabis, the ...
The Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management Wednesday announced it was canceling the special license lottery for social equity applicants and will instead move toward a lottery next year for both ...
The bill, House Bill 7178, deals specifically with what are known as equity joint ventures, which are business partnerships between well-financed cannabis operators and “social equity applicants ...
In an 11th-hour decision on Tuesday night, the Albany City Council voted against ending its Racial Inclusivity and Social Equity commission — after an impassioned speech from Mayor Robin D.
Winners of one of the state's social equity marijuana licenses hope to wrest back control of their company in a new court action targeting Arizona's health agency. The social equity applicant and ...
Both aspiring marijuana licensees and existing operators that hold the state’s social equity or economic empowerment designation will be eligible for grants starting at $25,000. Applications ...
OBERLIN, Ohio — The city of Oberlin has released the final draft of its Social Equity Plan meant to address systemic barriers faced by historically marginalized and underrepresented groups.
Now, the first distribution of community reinvestment funds generated by license fees has prompted an unusual examination of the Social Equity Council, a small agency that oversees key elements of ...
In many states, this reinvestment included building social equity goals directly into the cannabis business licensing and ownership process. However, several years into legalization, the ...
Cannabis attempted to become a model for addressing the harms of the U.S. drug war, implementing social equity programs that provide business licensing opportunities for those disproportionately ...
The Atlantic Avenue pot shop has six principal owners. A four-person majority consists of members of the state’s cannabis social equity program, which helps business owners from communities most ...