St. Cloud Dispensary Bets on Staff Training Over THC Marketing
A new cannabis dispensary opening in St. Cloud, Minnesota, is staking its retail model on something many operators treat as an afterthought: staff education. Dankz, set to open Oct. 16 with a grand
Federal Hemp THC Ban Threatens Minnesota's Craft Beverage Supply Chain
A federal law set to take effect Dec. 12, 2026 will strip hemp-derived THC beverages off liquor store shelves, out of taprooms, and off restaurant menus nationwide. In Minnesota, where regulators
Federal Hemp Cap Pushes Industry Toward a December Reckoning
A new federal THC threshold for hemp products is barreling toward implementation, and the industry is still waiting to find out which version of the rule actually survives. The Continuing
Cannabis Operators Turn to AI to Unlock Data Already on Hand
Cannabis operators are sitting on more operational data than most of them know what to do with. Cultivation logs, production batches, compliance reports, sales transactions, inventory counts - it all
Post-Harvest Equipment Market Targets Craft Growers' Drying Bottleneck
A new environmental control cabinet aimed at home and craft cultivators is heading to market with pre-orders now open, part of a steady push by cultivation technology suppliers to bring
Cannabis Retailers Fund Public Mural to Back LGBTQ+ Youth Services
A ribbon was cut in a downtown Ferndale alley this week, but the real story sits behind the paint. Two Michigan cannabis retailers, JARS Cannabis and HYPE Cannabis, commissioned a 40-by-25-foot mural
Georgia Cannabis Operator Opens Facility to Push Stalled Reform
MACON-BIBB, Ga. - A decade after Georgia legalized medical cannabis, operators and patients are still waiting on lawmakers to modernize a program that advocates say has fallen behind the medical need
Nevada City Advances Plan to Ease Cannabis Retail Restrictions
Nevada City is inching toward a rewrite of its cannabis code that could put it ahead of neighboring jurisdictions still wrestling with restrictive local ordinances. The city council has reached
Older Consumers Emerge as Untapped Growth Segment for Cannabis Retailers
Michigan's cannabis market has a supply problem that everyone in the industry can recite by heart: too much flower, too many license holders, prices scraped down to the bone. But a less-discussed
Oklahoma AG's Bank Ties Raise Cannabis Compliance Questions Before Runoff
Gentner Drummond is asking Oklahoma Republicans for their votes Tuesday. He is also chairman of the parent company of Blue Sky Bank, an institution that has grown more than sixfold since the state