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Legislators consider several marijuana bills, including ban on certain flavored products

Almost a year following the Minnesota legislature’s passage of a bill to legalize the use and sale of recreational marijuana, lawmakers are continuing to tie up...

Report: Walz’s office didn’t view full background check of cannabis czar...

A new report released Thursday says Gov. Tim Walz’s office “departed from its Standard Operating Procedure” when it appointed Erin Dupree to lead the...

Report to examine process Walz followed in hiring cannabis czar who...

The Office of the Legislative Auditor is expected to release tomorrow morning what it’s calling a “preliminary assessment” of the process Gov. Tim Walz “followed...

MDH: 39% of inspected cannabinoid dealers sell illegal ‘high-risk’ products

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) found that 39% of inspected hemp-derived cannabinoid retailers are selling products with illegally high doses of Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Currently,...

Ex cannabis director says she was told ‘not to speak to...

The St. Paul small business entrepreneur who resigned Friday evening just 36 hours after Gov. Tim Walz appointed her to serve as the state’s first director of the Office...

Walz’s new cannabis director resigns after one day 

Gov. Tim Walz’s appointee to lead the new Office of Cannabis Management announced her resignation Friday night one day after being named to the...

Background of Walz’s new cannabis director scrutinized

A little more than eight months ago, Erin DuPree opened “Loonacy,” a low-potency, hemp derived edibles store inside a 1,100 square foot retail space at an...

Drugged driving up 96% before marijuana legalization 

Drugged driving has increased by 96% in Minnesota, according to a press release from the Department of Public Safety (DPS). “Drugged driving ac​counted for 8,069...

Sheriff will lean on federal law when issuing gun permits to...

While recreational cannabis use has been legal in Minnesota for just more than one month, elected officials in local governments across the state are still sorting out...

Rep. Robbins: Marijuana legalization too hasty, reckless

Minnesotans are realizing that they got a lot more than they bargained for with the legalization of recreational marijuana on Aug. 1. Unfortunately, the...