Marijuana
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South Barrington rejects recreational marijuana businessesDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - The South Barrington village board has voted to ban recreational marijuana businesses in town. Recreational pot use by those 21 and older becomes legal in Illinois on J...
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Oakton partnership offers students a path to jobs in the cannabis industryDec 17, 2019 4:40 am - Want to become a medical marijuana industry analyst or lab specialist, work at a cannabis dispensary or even become a grower? Oakton Community College is offering studen...
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Hoffman Estates adopts rules for recreational pot salesDec 17, 2019 4:34 am - Hoffman Estates village board members Monday gave final approval to regulations on businesses selling recreational marijuana by a 4-2 vote, largely sticking to their rec...
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Round Lake Beach approves recreational marijuana salesDec 17, 2019 12:00 am - As the historic first day of legal recreational cannabis use in Illinois nears, Round Lake Beach on Monday became one of the most recent Lake County communities to appro...
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Chicago City Council committee votes to delay legal pot sales
Dec 17, 2019 12:00 am - Chicago sales of recreational marijuana would be pushed back until July 1 under an ordinance that squeaked through a City Council committee Tuesday at the behest of blac...
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Island Lake approves zoning rules for marijuana businessesDec 13, 2019 12:00 am - Island Lake trustees on Thursday approved zoning regulations for marijuana dispensaries and other businesses that would cater to recreational users. The rules were adopt...
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License granted to St. Charles dispensary, but city approval still needed for recreational pot salesDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - A medical marijuana facility in St. Charles has been awarded a state license to sell recreational cannabis under the same roof. But one key hurdle remains: Securing appr...
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Lake Barrington says 'no' to marijuana businessesDec 11, 2019 4:28 am - Without any public comment urging action one way or another, Lake Barrington village board members Tuesday night rejected the idea of marijuana businesses opening in the...
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Schaumburg approves rules for recreational pot salesDec 11, 2019 4:24 am - Schaumburg - Illinois' second-largest economic hub - will potentially add recreational marijuana to its list of industries in the new year. Village trustees voted unanim...
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Mount Prospect takes a pass on recreational potDec 11, 2019 4:00 am - Mount Prospect, a community where friendliness is a way of life, proved decidedly unfriendly to recreational marijuana. By a 4-2 vote, the village board chose Tuesday ni...