Tag: Cannabis Control Commission
Was the state right to start over with its application process...
Rhode Island in August unveiled a new application process for adult-use dispensary licenses, dropping a residency requirement that led to three lawsuits questioning its...
Cannabis panel considers shorter wholesale payment deadline, later home delivery
WARWICK – The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission is mulling two proposed changes to its regulations that would establish a 30-day payment deadline for wholesale...
‘The knives are out’ as candidates make final sprint to the...
A quiet summer overall in the Democratic primary races for attorney general and lieutenant governor has turned increasingly combative in the closing days of...
Dems ramp up TV ad spending in AG primary race
The television campaign in Rhode Island’s four-way Democratic attorney general primary is growing as a second candidate debuted ads Wednesday, while another reserved airtime...
R.I. Senate confirms new Cannabis Control Commission chair
The independent state agency shaping the nascent cannabis industry is whole again, with a new chairperson confirmed by the Rhode Island Senate on its...
Legislation to eliminate residency requirement for cannabis license applicants moving ahead
The R.I. General Assembly is poised to provide its final stamp on legislation that could resolve the trio of federal lawsuits that have halted...
McKee picks Reddish to lead R.I. Cannabis Control Commission
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Cannabis Office Administrator Michelle A. Reddish has been nominated by Gov. Daniel J. McKee to serve as chairperson of the state...
Report: Healey signs legislation creating new types of Mass. cannabis licenses
PROVIDENCE – Mass. Gov. Maura T. Healy has signed new cannabis legislation authorizing new license categories in the Bay State that includes on-site consumption,...
Retail cannabis applicants vent after ruling stalls an already ‘slow as...
On the edge of Providence’s Federal Hill and West End neighborhoods is a former industrial building still filled with old machinery and abandoned pallets.
It’s...
Federal judge puts brakes on state’s cannabis license lottery
PROVIDENCE – A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily stymied the expansion of Rhode Island's cannabis industry by blocking state regulators from conducting a lottery...
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