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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...
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY is scheduled to take up the nomination of Michelle Reddish to serve as the state’s first cannabis administrator. / COURTESY OFFICE OF GOV. DANIEL J> MCKEE

R.I. cannabis panel receives 98 applications for retail dispensary licenses

WARWICK – The Cannabis Control Commission said that 98 entities have submitted applications for retail cannabis dispensary licenses. During its meeting on Jan. 16, Cannabis...
RHODE ISLAND is getting ready to issue 24 retail cannabis licenses, but state officials also have to appoint a new Cannabis Control Commission chairperson now that Kimberly Ahern has stepped down to run for attorney general. / PBN FILE PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Departure of R.I. cannabis board chair leaves vacancy, questions at key...

As the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission undergoes a leadership change, questions about the timeline to find the commission's next chairperson and the compensation for...

Cannabis Commission opens Social Equity applicant certification portal

WARWICK – The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission on Friday began accepting applications to become certified for one of the six retail Social Equity Licenses...

Cannabis commission approves license transfer; social equity license vendor

WARWICK – The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission has approved the transfer of the compassion center license held by Portsmouth-based Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center. Cultivator Ocean...

R.I. Cannabis Commission approves adult-use industry regulations

WARWICK – The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission has approved its long-awaited draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use industry. Effective May 1, the approval...
IN PROGRESS: Michelle A. Reddish, left, administrator at the R.I. Cannabis Control Commission, talks about the commission’s process of putting a licensing system in place for recreational marijuana sales. She is one of four panelists at the Providence Business News’ 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit in Providence on March 6. Also on the panel are, from left, Benjamin L. Rackliffe, partner of Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara LLC; Sasha Gorski, co-owner of Talaria LLC; and Ronald Crosson II, executive director of Urban Ventures Inc. and chairman and social equity officer of the R.I. Cannabis Advisory Board. 
PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

PBN summit: Doubling down on social equity in R.I.’s cannabis industry

With the blowback against any public policies specifically ­tailored to a single demographic – whether racial, gender-based or otherwise, there are still vocal advocates...

Better late than never on cannabis regs

Statewide expansion of recreational marijuana sales is finally nearing approval, three years after lawmakers approved retail sales in the state. The law allows the state...

Are you satisfied with the state’s slow rollout of regulations governing...

The R.I. Cannabis Control Commission in January released long-awaited draft rules and regulations governing expansion of the state’s adult-use cannabis industry. The draft rules follow...

PBN’s 2025 Business of Cannabis Summit slated for March 6

PROVIDENCE – The impact of recently released draft rules and regulations governing the state’s adult-use marijuana industry is among the topics to be discussed...
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