Regional

Maine

• Voters reject Portland’s cautious approach to retail marijuana
• One Clear Election Day Result? People Are Pro-Cannabis
• Retail pot sales discussed
• Portland distillery says it lost $150000 in failed hand sanitizer deal with businessman facing indictment, lawsuit
• Maine Businesses Brace for New $18 Minimum Wage

Massachusetts

• Massachusetts Marijuana Sales Exceed $1 Billion Since Adult Use Sales Launched
• Massachusetts recreational marijuana sales top $1B despite COVID closures
• A cannabis draw: Another mill building sells in Holyoke

New Hampshire

• New Hampshire Live Election Results 2020

New York

• New York Governor Says Time Is ‘Ripe’ For Pot Legalization, And It’ll Pass ‘This Year’
• Cuomo says legalizing marijuana in 2021 could help close near $15B budget shortfall
• Cuomo Adds Momentum to Effort to Legalize Marijuana
• Legalizing Marijuana Back in Spotlight in New York as New Jersey Passes Referendum
• New Jersey is legalizing marijuana. Does that put pressure on New York?
• CBD Flower Banned Under New York Hemp Industry Draft Regulations
• New York proposes regulations for hemp-derived CBD products

 States 

Arizona

• In Arizona, the Navajo Nation showed overwhelming support for Joe Biden.
• Marijuana, not Biden or Trump, is landslide winner in Arizona
• Arizona Approves Prop 207 Marijuana Legalization Initiative
• Legal marijuana in AZ: When can you buy it?
• Pro-Marijuana Democrat Mark Kelly Wins Arizona Senate Seat

California

• California marijuana industry opportunities on the rise
• California cities, counties OK pro-cannabis measures, paving way to scores of new licenses
• Election Day was a green party for SF cannabis dispensaries
• Prop 22: Uber and Lyft Just Bought a Law in California – Curbed
• Denver hydroponics chain to acquire California cannabis supply company, looks to East Coast next
• Pot dispensaries can open in Fresno by August 2021

Colorado

• Federal Grand Jury Indicts Six In Colorado Cannabis Resale Operation
• Colorado Votes to Reintroduce Wolves, Approving Historic Ballot Initiative
• Water Wars and Hidden Riches on Colorado’s High Plains

Connecticut

• Connecticut Governor Says Legalizing Marijuana Would Prevent COVID Spread by Reducing Travel to New Jersey

Florida

• Why Florida’s New $15 Minimum Wage Is a Big Deal
• Florida School Board Fires Marine Vet for Using Medical Marijuana

Georgia

• NPR: Georgia Election: A Once Solidly Republican State Headed For Recount
• Guardian: How Georgia’s Senate run-offs could finally hand Stacey Abrams her victory
• Guardian: Stacey Abrams helps raise $3.6m in 2 days for crucial Georgia Senate runoffs
• NPR: Senate Control May Come Down To 2 Georgia Runoffs

Illinois

• Legal marijuana a clear winner in votes in Illinois suburbs, several states
• Illinois Pot Stores Have Now Sold More Than Half A Billion Dollars Worth of Cannabis Products

Indiana

• 36 states now have some form of legal weed. Here’s why Indiana is unlikely to join them.

Iowa

• Des Moines task force: Make marijuana possession for personal use lowest enforcement priority for police

Kentucky

• Kentucky advocates motivated by election results legalizing marijuana 
• 4 states legalized marijuana on Election Day. Will Kentucky join them?

Maryland

• Cannabis edibles are coming to Maryland. Here’s how product makers are preparing.
• NJ just legalized marijuana. Is the rest of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic next?
• TerrAscend to buy Maryland marijuana firm from Curaleaf for $27.5 million

Michigan 

• Michigan marijuana dispensaries saw an uptick in weed sales around the election
• Marijuana wins elections across Michigan, U.S., as legalization expands
• Special Report: Marijuana industry on pace to reach about $1 billion in sales
• Nonprofits partner to support individuals incarcerated for cannabis

Minnesota

• Second Congressional District race delayed after death of Legal Marijuana Now candidate
• Minnesota Marijuana Parties May Have Helped Republicans Win Key Races, Hurting Legalization’s Chances

Mississippi

• Medical marijuana coming to Mississippi: What you need to know
• Amid virus, Mississippi must set medical marijuana program
• Mississippi Governor Slams ‘Liberal’ Medical Marijuana Ballot Measure As Being Driven By ‘Stoners’

Missouri

• First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Kansas City
• New medical marijuana dispensary opening in St. Peters
• Medical marijuana now on sale legally in Springfield

Montana

• Montana CI-118 and I-190 results: Marijuana legalization approved
• Montana Marijuana Opponents File New Lawsuit To Overturn Legalization Vote

Nebraska

• Nebraska Lawmaker Confident Medical Marijuana Initiative Will Succeed In 2022
• ‘There’s a lot of money to be made’: Nebraska border town ponders recreational marijuana

Nevada

• Nevada Athletic Commission suspends two more fighters for positive cannabis tests
• Las Vegas cannabis delivered … via conveyor belt?
• Most western Nevada County ballot measures appear headed for passage

New Jersey

• Gov. Murphy Announces Appointments to Cannabis Regulatory Commission
• N.J. voters said yes to legal weed-But Gov. hasn’t called for an immediate end to arrests
• New Jersey voters approve legalizing marijuana and lean toward tax breaks for veterans
• NJ weed: Voters in New Jersey approve legalizing recreational marijuana
• Election 2020: N.J. voters approve legal weed ballot question
• NJ Weed Industry May Be Hijacked By Big Players, Group Warns
• New Jersey approves recreational cannabis, elects Joe Biden, Cory Booker

New Mexico

• How Arizona’s cannabis legalization proposition might impact New Mexico

North Carolina

• North Carolina’s Weed Laws

Ohio

• Buyers start to pick up Ohio medical marijuana dispensaries after first year of operation
• Four More Ohio Cities Approve Marijuana Decriminalization
• Ohio Accepting New Qualifying Conditions for Medical Cannabis Patients
• Ohio Accepting Petitions for New Cannabis Qualifying Conditions

Oklahoma

• New tribal law assuages medical marijuana patients’ post-McGirt enforcement concerns
• City councilors to discuss allowing drive-through service at medical marijuana dispensaries

Oregon

• Oregon becomes first US state to decriminalize possession of hard drugs
• Election day could balloon Oregon’s Democratic majority, reshape state drug policy

Pennsylvania

• New Jersey has legalized weed. Here’s why Pa. may take a different path.
• New Jersey Just Legalized Cannabis. Could Pennsylvania Be Next?
• Can Pennsylvanians buy weed in New Jersey and smoke it at home? Legal expert weighs in
• How to get a medical marijuana card in Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Should Legalize Marijuana, Senate Majority Leader Says
• Top RI senators signal support for cannabis legalization as Ruggerio, McCaffrey remain in control

South Dakota

• South Dakota Voters Approve Recreational And Medical Ballot Measures
• South Dakotans vote to legalize medical marijuana
• South Dakota Backs Trump, Passes Proposals To Legalize Medical, Recreational Pot
• Gov. Noem says legal pot is the ‘wrong choice’ for South Dakota

Tennessee

• Tennessee State Senator plans to push for legalizing medical cannabis, again
• Mississippians voted yes to medical marijuana; will Tennessee be next?
• Tenn. Hemp Licensee Says Improper Pot Arrest Led To Firing

Texas

• Texas Sees Its First Hemp Harvest in 80 Years
• Texas sees first hemp harvesting season after 2019 hemp bill passed

Washington

• Washington State Campaign To Decriminalize Drugs Gets Boost From Oregon
• Cannabis sales surge in Spokane County

Washington, DC

• D.C. voters approve ballot question to decriminalize psychedelic mushrooms

West Virginia

• West Virginia gets 20 Medical Marijuana Dispensary Sites

Wyoming

• Wyoming now borders three states that have legalized marijuana