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Latest News in Cannabis
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September 11, 2025
Minn. Signs 2nd Tribal-State Cannabis Compact
Minnesota on Wednesday signed a tribal-state compact with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, giving the federally recognized tribe the ability to open eight cannabis shops outside its reservation and issue licenses to grow and manufacture the plant, the second such agreement the state has made with a tribe.
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September 11, 2025
Weedmaps Shouldn't Get To Exit Fraud Suit, Investor Says
Weedmaps Technology Inc., a cannabis tech company that was fined by federal regulators for allegedly misleading investors, shouldn't be allowed to escape an investor-led proposed class action, the lead plaintiff has told a California federal court, saying the company's arguments defy common sense and understandings of the word "engage."
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September 11, 2025
Full Tax Court Limits Deduction For Cannabis Biz Owners
Co-owners of two cannabis businesses owe $1 million in taxes because the wages they paid are rendered ineligible for a business income deduction for pass-throughs by a ban on deductions for companies that traffic in controlled substances, the full U.S. Tax Court ruled Thursday.
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September 11, 2025
NY Cannabis Regulators Back Hold On Proximity Rule
New York cannabis regulators on Wednesday signaled support for marijuana stores' proposal to temporarily halt enforcement of a recent regulatory reinterpretation about store location requirements that threatens to upend more than a hundred cannabis businesses.
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September 10, 2025
Long Island Town Hit With Another Pot Shop Suit Over Zoning
The Long Island town of Southampton, New York, was hit with another lawsuit accusing it of weaponizing its zoning to block marijuana shops from opening, with the latest suit claiming it changed its laws at the last minute to prohibit an all but ready-to-open retail shop, wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars the cannabis entrepreneur spent.

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