Oklahoma Voters Reject Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
State Question 820, the result of a signature gathering drive last year, was the only item on the statewide ballot, and early results showed heavy opposition in rural areas. read more >
State Question 820, the result of a signature gathering drive last year, was the only item on the statewide ballot, and early results showed heavy opposition in rural areas. read more >
The former CEO of Mountain Valley Spring Water was granted the sixth such license in the state. read more >
In the weeks after Arkansas cannabis financial firm Abaca was acquired for that amount by Colorado’s SHF Holdings Inc. late last year, Abaca co-founder Dan Roda says in some ways, very little. read more >
He was the consultant who oversaw messaging against marijuana legalization for the Family Council and its allies. read more >
Some overlooked but important Arkansas Business stories from the preceding year. read more >
Inflation takes the top spot in this year's review of business stories. read more >
Although the study authors say the results can't be used to gauge drug use on the roads nationwide, they say the high number of drivers, passengers and other road users with drugs in their systems is concerning. 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 Arkansas Supreme Court has promised a quick review of an appeal by grower Storm Nolan in the case. read more >
The initiative in Arkansas drew the criticism of traditional legalization opponents as well as some medical marijuana advocates. 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 >
The measure to legalize recreational use of the drug is one step closer to making the ballot. read more >
The San Francisco rapper has partnered with Good Day Farm to expand a dispensary in the city. read more >
FPI Management, a property company in California, wants to hire dozens of people. Factories from New Hampshire to Michigan need workers. Hotels in Las Vegas are desperate to fill jobs. read more >
Arkansas' attorney general's office has rejected language proposed for a 2018 ballot issue, saying the attempt to legalize marijuana is too ambiguous to make sense. read more >
Arkansas election officials say a proposal to legalize medical marijuana has been approved for the November ballot, putting the issue before the state's voters for the second time in four years. read more >
A team of researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $2.7 million federal grant to conduct the first comprehensive study of the dangers posed by synthetic marijuana products. read more >
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is again rejecting a proposed state constitutional amendment by Mary Berry of Summit to legalize marijuana in Arkansas. read more >
This is the fourth time Leslie Rutledge has rejected the proposal to legalize marijuana in Arkansas in the last three months. read more >
