Lawsuit Leaves Cannabis Industry in Limbo
Cannabis firms in Arkansas await more legal action on laws struck down. read more >
Cannabis firms in Arkansas await more legal action on laws struck down. read more >
EV and hybrid vehicle registrations have surged in Arkansas during the past 16 months, but they still have a long way to go. read more >
Arkansas officials expect people from neighboring states to cross into the state to bet on March Madness. read more >
Arkansas cannabis sales hit a new high in 2022, topping $276.3 million, making it the biggest year of sales since sales began in 2019. read more >
Arkansas has no apparent procedure to confirm THC test results, which play into the pricing of medical marijuana. That revelation comes as lawsuits question the integrity of testing companies that draw their revenue from growers. read more >
The decision was somewhat expected, but still was a blow to owner Storm Nolan, who invested $8 million in the business. read more >
Storm Nolan argues that a ruling against River Valley Relief was flawed, and says $6 million worth of medical cannabis would go to waste if he's stripped of his license. read more >
The licensing reversal favored 2600 Holdings of Little Rock, doing business as Southern Roots Cultivation, which had sued claiming it should have rightfully won the license. read more >
Wagers for the month were more than $10.6 million, beating the previous record set in October by $1 million. read more >
The recent surge in natural gas prices has been an unexpected boon to state tax coffers, with just seven months’ worth of gross natural gas severance tax collections for this fiscal year more than doubling total revenue for the previous two fiscal years. read more >
Sales of mixed drinks, liquor and beer in Arkansas last year show, unsurprisingly, a decided uptick over those in 2020. read more >
A Pulaski County Circuit Court judge has extended a temporary restraining order that prevents the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission from issuing the state’s remaining dispensary licenses. read more >
A Little Rock Black-owned business that sued the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission also has a case alleging racial discrimination against the firm that scored the applications for medical marijuana dispensary licenses. read more >
Data from the second fiscal year of medical marijuana sales in Arkansas confirms a trend spotted after 2020: Residents in north-central Arkansas are most likely to seek out the ID cards allowing them to buy the stuff. read more >
The majority owners of Natural State Medicinals Cultivation of White Hall voted in September to expel a married couple from the company. The problem is, the pair don’t want to go. read more >
The two licenses are expected to be issued by March. read more >
Nearly 80,000 Arkansans now have medicinal marijuana cards. read more >
Who owns the medical marijuana business in Arkansas? As with most simple questions, finding the answer is more complicated than it seems. read more >
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 >
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 >
