Cannabis
Wave of rejections for aspiring Minnesota cannabis entrepreneurs
With a lottery looming, a local pot attorney says litigation is “the only course left” for some clients who were turned away from a shot at Minnesota’s social equity program.
November 20, 2024
Twin Cities Suburbs
How many shops and where can they go? Minnesota cities are hashing out their new cannabis rules
Recreational cannabis sales are expected to start next year, so city officials are trying to decide where businesses can set up shop and who will run their compliance checks.
October 18, 2024
Small Business
While Minnesota’s cannabis industry wades through regulations, Wisconsin’s accelerates without many
A greater diversity of THC products is available for sale in Minnesota’s neighbor to the east, including some highly potent items.
October 15, 2024
Rochester
Rochester punts cannabis business regulation to Olmsted County
The city is taking advantage of a recent ruling allowing communities to delegate local authority over the cannabis industry to counties.
October 8, 2024
Cannabis
Minneapolis tackles marijuana rules from ‘seed to sale’
Right now the plan would allow more cannabis dispensaries to be permitted than new liquor stores or tobacco shops.
October 1, 2024
Politics
A year after his first pick resigned, Gov. Tim Walz hasn’t named a permanent cannabis director
Charlene Briner has led the Office of Cannabis Management on an interim basis for more than a year. The work to set up Minnesota’s recreational marijuana industry remains underway.
September 27, 2024
Cannabis
Minnesota Poll: A majority of Minnesotans support federal marijuana legalization
But only about 1 in 7 Minnesotans reported using marijuana or hemp-derived products in the past month.
September 25, 2024
Greater Minnesota
Trying to expand a cannabis business, surrounded by moratoriums
Red River Valley now has a beet-sugar-based, THC-infused soda pop, but its owners — and customers — have had to fight through some stigmas.
September 8, 2024
Greater Minnesota
Minnesota tribe sees hemp as helping solve housing shortage on its reservation
Hempcrete, a construction material that uses hemp stalks, can provide an ecofriendly solution to housing for the Lower Sioux Indian Community.
September 6, 2024
Business
Two years in, Minnesota’s THC market hasn’t lost its buzz
The market for low-dose drinks and edibles is maturing and ready to face the competition from recreational marijuana dispensaries, which are expected to open next year.
August 30, 2024
Cannabis
While Minnesota lawmaker worked to pass cannabis law, her partner started a cannabis business
DFL Rep. Jessica Hanson said legislators employed in other industries can sponsor and vote on bills related to their professions. A government ethics expert called it a conflict of interest.
August 23, 2024
Business
Out-of-state applicants swarm Minnesota’s early cannabis license window
Those chosen among the 1,800 pre-applications will have a head start when Minnesota issues licenses, likely next year.
August 19, 2024