Marijuana
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Illinois hemp farmers call market the 'Wild West': 'The sky is the limit'
Aug 15, 2022 1:00 am - Growing hemp, a plant that was illegal in the U.S. for more than 70 years, is now akin to the Wild West, two northern Illinois farmers said. Once the 2018 federal farm b...
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Elk Grove Village to get its first recreational marijuana dispensaryJul 22, 2022 1:00 am - A little more than a year after trustees voted to allow recreational marijuana sales in town, Elk Grove Village is set to get its first dispensary, officials confirmed t...
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Business that infuses edible products with cannabis coming to Des PlainesJul 19, 2022 1:00 am - A family-owned business that infuses edible products with cannabis has received permission to operate in Des Plaines. The Culinary Cannabis Co., formerly Mary Jane's Inc...
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Marijuana shop, separate bakery to fill former Twin Peaks restaurant building in WheelingJun 09, 2022 1:00 am - Wheeling's second cannabis dispensary could open in December, a representative said this week. The village board on Monday approved a special use permit for the facility...
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Marijuana grower buys Rolling Meadows buildingJun 07, 2022 11:00 pm - ROLLING MEADOWS - Commercial real estate group SVN Chicago Industrial said it negotiated a nearly $3 million sale of an industrial building to a licensed cannabis grower...
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Pot shop sales officially legalized in Arlington HeightsJun 07, 2022 5:30 am - Nearly two years into a pilot program allowing recreational marijuana sales at a dispensary, Arlington Heights trustees on Monday made the practice permanently legal and...
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Separate pot shop and bakery proposed for vacant Wheeling restaurant buildingJun 03, 2022 1:00 am - A recreational cannabis dispensary and a bakery to be run separately have been proposed for a vacant restaurant building in Wheeling. Developers are eying the former Twi...
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'Egregious error' costs DuPage millions in marijuana tax revenue, and two officials trade blameMay 10, 2022 1:00 am - DuPage County has missed out on 18 months of marijuana tax revenue - a potential loss of up to $4 million - from a failure to properly notify the state to collect the mo...
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Palatine council approves town's first recreational pot shopMay 03, 2022 1:00 am - Plans for Palatine's first recreational marijuana shop cleared a final hurdle Monday, when the village council approved the opening of Bloc on the town's north side. Jus...
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Palatine planning board backs proposal for town's first recreational marijuana shopApr 21, 2022 1:00 am - Palatine officials moved closer this week to approving the village's first recreational marijuana shop. On Tuesday, the town's plan commission recommended that the villa...