BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | JAN. 21, 2021

Until Wisconsin chooses to legalize marijuana, marijuana tourists will keep pouring out of our state and into our more progressive neighbors, bringing their money with them.

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BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | JAN. 14, 2021

In his upcoming budget proposal, Tony Evers is considering pushing marijuana legalization through, which would be a boon for Wisconsin’s economy.

BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | JAN. 12, 2021

With the Senate and the House under control, Congressional Democrats can push the MORE Act through, leading the end of marijuana prohibition federally.

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BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | JAN. 07, 2021

In 2020, 500,000 Illinoisans saw their marijuana records scrubbed, and 20,000 low-level cannabis convictions were pardoned in a bid for equity and human rights.

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BY SHEILA JULSON | JAN. 05, 2021

A new kind of “counter-culture” comes to Milwaukee.

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BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | DEC. 30, 2020

In 2020, Illinois, Vermont, Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota legalized recreational marijuana, Mississippi legalized medical, and Virginia decriminalized it.

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BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | DEC. 24, 2020

The House did all it could to pass marijuana reform; the Georgia election in January will determine whether the Senate will follow.

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BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | DEC. 16, 2020

The House passed the Medical Marijuana Research Act, which would allow scientists to study state-legal marijuana. The ball is in the Senate’s court now.

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BY SHEILA JULSON | DEC. 08, 2020

Milwaukee entrepreneurs believe that excitement about the benefits of the cannabis plant, both from a consumer level and from farmers entering the industry, will ultimately triumph over Wisconsin’s outdated laws.

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BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | DEC. 08, 2020

Republicans in the House acted almost in unison to oppose ending the War on Drugs, which bodes poorly for the bill in the Republican-controlled Senate.

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BY JEAN DEAN | DEC. 01, 2020

Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture chose to operate our hemp production under the authority of the more liberal 2014 Farm Bill until October 2021.

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BY SHEILA JULSON | NOV. 24, 2020

Wisconsin Hemp Farmers & Manufacturers Association is pursuing grants for research and production.

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BY JEAN-GABRIEL FERNANDEZ | NOV. 24, 2020

Mexican Senators voted 82-18 to approve full legalization of marijuana, the House of Deputies and the President are expected to follow soon.

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