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Lubbock group pushes forward with marijuana ballot question despite Paxton lawsuit

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The Texas attorney general has sued five other cities that have passed similar policies decriminalizing marijuana ..read more

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Ken Paxton sues five Texas cities that decriminalized marijuana

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Voters in Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton approved the policies in 2022. The attorney general said the ordinances are inconsistent with laws enacted by the Texas Legislature ..read more

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Lubbock voters will decide whether to decriminalize marijuana in 2024

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Voters in several Texas cities have sought to decriminalize marijuana. However, their efforts have been met by reluctant city councils that say they can’t go against state law ..read more

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Residents in one of Texas’ most populous cities are working to decriminalize marijuana

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Home to more than 260,000 people, the West Texas town of Lubbock is no stranger to passing local laws by petition. In 2021, residents overwhelmingly approved a local ban on abortion ..read more

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Hemp was supposed to save Texas farmers during a drought. It hasn’t yet.

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1y ago

Hemp advocates promised the Texas Legislature the crop was drought resistant. The 2022 drought has proven otherwise. And farmers are abandoning the nascent market ..read more

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CBD, hemp, delta-8, medical marijuana: Here’s what you need to know about Texas’ pot laws

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In 2019, Texas legalized hemp, but not marijuana. The new law led to confusion about which marijuana products are legal in Texas. Meanwhile, support for legalizing the drug remains high in polling, and other cannabis-derived products like delta-8 have emerged ..read more

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Beto O’Rourke’s blunt support of marijuana legalization gives advocates hope for policy change

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2y ago

While the Texas Legislature has been hesitant to embrace policy change, advocates hope the O’Rourke campaign’s attention to marijuana legalization will give the issue a political boost ..read more

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Austin voters could decriminalize small amounts of pot in May

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“Small possession of marijuana is not the type of violation that we want to stockpile jails with,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday ..read more

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Analysis: Texas politicians can change their minds. But it helps if the public goes first.

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Gov. Greg Abbott’s openness to marijuana decriminalization shows that the state, while conservative, isn’t immune to larger trends ..read more