MJBizCon, the world’s largest cannabis business conference and trade show, once again is offering scholarships for social equity license applicants and license holders to attend the Dec. 3-6 event in Las Vegas. MJBizCon’s social equity scholarship program returns is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

Minnesota’s Office of Cannabis Management has opened its first social equity business license application window for the state's adult-use marijuana market. Minnesota starts adult-use marijuana social equity license application process is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

Cannabis businesses must contend with a complex regulatory landscape and wary financial sector that makes securing and managing real estate a daunting task. How to navigate the challenges of cannabis real estate is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

A federal judge in Wyoming rejected an initial challenge to the state’s new restrictions on hemp-derived products brought by would-be sellers of intoxicating goods such as delta-8 THC. Wyoming’s ban on hemp-derived THC products survives court challenge is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

An Oregon union has spent more than $2 million trying to get an initiative on the November ballot that would make it easier for marijuana retail and processor employees to organize. Union’s initiative to organize Oregon marijuana workers nears ballot is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

New York-based LeafLink has acquired the assets of Dama Financial's banking division as the cannabis wholesale technology platform expands financial services to the marijuana industry. LeafLink acquires Dama Financial’s cannabis banking division is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

The cannabis industry’s outsized impact on the environment - especially high energy and water use - increasingly is catching the attention of regulators, and some states are developing marijuana-specific environmental regulations in response. States struggle to implement effective environmental regulations for marijuana is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

New Mexico regulators fined the legal entity behind a Cookies-branded cannabis store in Albuquerque $350,000 for five violations of state law during the retailer's grand opening. Raucous cannabis store grand opening has Cookies franchisee in trouble is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

Ohio regulators have issued the first 10 dual licenses to marijuana cultivators and processors in the lead-up to adult-use sales in the potential billion-dollar Midwest market. Ohio issues 10 dual licenses for pending launch of adult-use marijuana sales is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more

For the past few weeks, dozens of award-winning cannabis brands and retailer Embarc have been selling marijuana products at the California State Fair. California State Fair pairs cannabis consumption with retail is a post from: MJBizDaily: Financial, Legal & Cannabusiness news for cannabis entrepreneurs ..read more