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A few years back, we started hearing from portfolio managers about buying “cropland” — that was their code word for farmland. Their argument was farmland had two values. It could…

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — The Arizona Department of Public Health says it has approved licenses for businesses to sell recreational marijuana.  According to agency spokesman Steve Elliott, ADHS has given the…

ELKO, Nev. — Two competing sites for marijuana dispensaries in Jackpot, Nevada, advanced this month as Elko County Commissioners approved one rezoning request and county planning commissioners agreed to hear…

The agreement to preserve the spring that gave House Springs its last name has cleared another hurdle. The Jefferson County Council unanimously approved a conditional-use permit for a medical marijuana…

ELKO, Nev. — Two competing sites for marijuana dispensaries in Jackpot, Nevada, advanced this month as Elko County Commissioners approved one rezoning request and county planning commissioners agreed to hear…

A study by the legislature’s watchdog and research arm found late last year that the timeline from enactment to sales among states that housed the new industry under an existing…

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — The Arizona Department of Public Health says it has approved licenses for businesses to sell recreational marijuana.  According to agency spokesman Steve Elliott, ADHS has given the…

Netflix’s Shuffle Play Feature Will Officially Launch This Year. According to ‘Variety,’ the streaming service announced that the new feature will launch in the first half of 2021. “Shuffle Play”…

The rise of the cannabis industry in the U.S. has provided benefits for people’s health and the economy, but it has also created a waste problem, as most products come…

The law also provides that 25 percent of that revenue be used to fund grants in communities that have suffered from economic disinvestment, violence, and the severe and disproportionate damage…

SPRINGFIELD – The state announced Thursday that it has awarded $31.5 million in grants to 81 community organizations around Illinois to help fund legal services for low-income residents, youth development,…

ATHENS — Hemp is a promising new industry for profitability, but growers of this newly legal crop will face a mix of public opinions according to University of Georgia research…

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Arizonans are one step closer to buying legal recreational weed after voters approved Proposition 207 this past fall. As of Tuesday afternoon, 40 of the state’s 131…

SALEM — A program to reimburse Oregon farms for complying with costly COVID-19 worker protections came in well under budget during the 2020 harvest season. State lawmakers are now considering…