Cannabis Firm Ownership Tricky to Track
The state faces stiff headwinds providing public transparency in the medical marijuana dispensary industry, where lawsuits and charges of deception have been a constant for nearly five years. read more >
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Tax Fighters Take Aim at Arkansas Income Levy
If Arkansas politicians succeed in a push to abolish the state personal income tax, partly to avoid losing ultra-wealthy residents, the state must reckon with what it will give up: $3 billion a year in revenue. read more >
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Fort Smith Cannabis Cultivator Gets Growing
Arkansas has a new legal marijuana grower, and he’s hoping to supply the medical cannabis market with enough product to bring down prices. read more >
Settlement Ends Feud at Hot Springs Marijuana Dispensary
A court feud between the two men licensed as owners of one of the state’s top-selling medical marijuana dispensaries has ended. read more >
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Oaklawn Wants to Hold Races in December
Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort of Hot Springs wants to add December live racing dates to its calendar and host a 66-day season, from Dec. 3, 2021-May 8, 2022. read more >
Medical Marijuana Licensing Tests Scales of Justice
As Arkansas’ fledgling medical marijuana industry passed $300 million in cumulative sales, its licensing system for cannabis businesses was taking fire in court, not least for granting a cultivation license to a company that didn’t legally exist. read more >
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Medical Marijuana Use Spread Unevenly in Arkansas
Arkansans spent $181 million on more than 28,000 pounds of medical marijuana in 2020, the first full year of legal cannabis sales in the state, according to data from the state Department of Finance & Administration. read more >
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Pandemic Drives, Changes Marijuana Buys
The coronavirus pandemic has correlated with an increase in legal marijuana purchases both statewide and nationally. read more >
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Southland Unleashed: Hotel, Casino Revive West Memphis Landmark
The dogs have nearly had their day at Southland Casino Racing, the 1950s-vintage greyhound track that’s now a glittery full-fledged casino expanding to the tune of $250 million. read more >
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State Accepts Applications to Process and Transport Cannabis
As state officials begin accepting applications for processing and transport licenses in the growing medical marijuana industry, executives on the cultivation side expressed doubt that processing will generate much business. read more >
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Arkansas Pot Firms Feud, Pass Around The Blame
The state’s largest medical marijuana merchant says Arkansas cultivators have blackballed his business, and he’s planning to sue, alleging they cut off sales after he lobbied for the state to license more growers. read more >
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Pine Bluff Snaps Up Newport Marijuana Cultivator
Turnabout is fair play in Jefferson County, which gained a medical marijuana cultivation center from Newport this month after losing it to the Jackson County seat more than two years ago. read more >
Cantrell Marijuana Dispensary Proceeds Despite Lawsuit
A third cannabis dispensary under construction in Little Rock is facing a lawsuit. read more >
Room to Grow: State Adds New Cannabis Growers
The Arkansas medical marijuana system has cleared three new growers, but the existing five cultivators are suing. read more >
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Ahead of Casino Opening, New Quapaw Leader Goes Quiet
Joseph Byrd, the new Quapaw Nation business chairman, has not responded to repeated requests for comment. And he’s been equally silent with local and state officials on how plans for an Oct. 1 grand opening are proceeding for the 80,000-SF Saracen Casino Resort gaming floor. read more >
Smoke Clears on Cannabis Cards
Medical marijuana patients in Arkansas have been getting mixed signals about when their cards — whose expiration dates have been extended during the coronavirus pandemic — will start to expire. read more >
In Medical Cannabis, a Rush to Renew
With 70,000 Arkansas patients spending well over a half-million dollars a day in the state’s 14-month old medical marijuana industry, Dr. Brian Nichol and Dr. David Nguyen are both surprised. read more >
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Industry Abuzz as First-Year Medical Marijuana Sales Top $75M in Arkansas
Arkansas’ new medical marijuana industry completed its first year this week with a tsunami of sales, with the year of revenue topping $75 million, a startling 40 percent of that coming since March 1. read more >
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Arkansas Medical Marijuana Sales Top $50M; 2 More Dispensaries Set
As consumers rushed to buy necessities and stock up on medication for the weeks of expected general isolation over the coronavirus outbreak, Arkansans were also stocking up on medical marijuana, a sales surge suggests. read more >
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A Woman’s Place: Cannabis Industry Promotes Female Ownership
Feminine hands are everywhere in the medical marijuana and hemp industries, up and running in the state for less than a year. Their roles range from co-owning $10 million cultivation centers to staffing dispensary counters as budtenders. read more >
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