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Governor J.B. Pritzker has opened applications for the first $21 million Low Cost Loan Program authorized in the cannabis law signed in June.

“All of the biggest agricultural companies in the world want our genetics. Those people aren’t coming into our industry now, they’ve been doing it for a decade, and they’ve been doing it pretty much under the radar."

More than 35,000 people from 75 countries are expected to attend the three-day conference that occupied 250,000 square feet of the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center. Last year, the footprint was half that size.

Canadian pharmacy giant Shoppers Drug Mart has expanded its online medical cannabis platform to Canada's East Coast.

They are a New England-based land use lawyer, an athlete-turned-gym sock entrepreneur, and a marijuana grower. Now, they are budding marijuana entrepreneurs with one store open and two more on the way.

Cannabis recruiting company Vangst just released its 2019 annual salary guide and as expected, as more states legalize medical or recreational cannabis sales, and nascent markets continue to mature, the cannabis job market is strong.

Despite a series of obstacles and setbacks, California’s legal marijuana market is on track to continue growing in the coming years, according to a new report.

The number of jobs related to hemp, cannabis, and marijuana could increase more than sevenfold in Florida by 2025 — that is, if recreational marijuana gains approval in the November 2020 election.

Weed workers across the country are unionizing, and California just made it easier for them.

The state of Arkansas surpassed the $1 million mark this week in taxes brought in by medical marijuana.

In this 24-hour town you can get a drink, go grocery shopping and lift weights whenever you desire — regardless of the time of day. Now, Las Vegas-area residents can also have legal marijuana delivered to their front door at all hours.

Cannabis connoisseurs looking to get high on the sly may have a new option -- nearly “odourless” pot.

Could new legislation or a federal marijuana banking law cause current banking and cannabis business restrictions to go up in smoke?

Regions like Niagara in Ontario and the Okanagan Valley in B.C. attract droves of international tourists each year for wine tastings, vineyard tours and fine dining, but not so much for cannabis.

More than 20 medical marijuana shops dot the roadway, tempting tourists to stop and peruse their wares.

Colorado City, a town of fewer than 2,500 in southern Colorado, will soon be home to up to 50 million pounds of hemp, now that a massive hemp-processing facility is open for business.

After briefly faltering a year ago, California’s massive cannabis industry seems to be regaining steam.

So you've got a big idea (genius, of course) but little money to play with. What's the first step? These scrappy entrepreneurs have some advice.

Indoor cannabis grows are expensive operations. Given the real estate costs, massive energy bills, and significant staffing requirements, it’s crucial to find a way to increase profits.

The corporate onslaught is 'inevitable,' but is it all bad?