Politics

Marijuana legalization is pushed to the back burner again in New York. The issue fails to make it into New York’s state budget for 2020 as Governor Andrew Cuomo and state officials grapple with the coronavirus pandemic. In a press …

While en route to his Palm Beach vacation home, Mar a Lago, Trump let the world know that he is replacing his chief of staff for the fourth time in three years. As the Trump administration grapples with its chaotic …

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., displays an advocacy ad that criticizes the tobacco and vaping industry for allegedly targeting young African-Americans, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020. The House is voting …

The Vermont House of Representatives passed a bill that would clear the way for a legal cannabis market in the Green Mountain State, where adult-use cannabis already exists. After several months of speculation and a marathon five-hour meeting on Feb. …

The Democratic presidential debate in South Carolina on Tuesday revealed fissures in how the candidates view marijuana reform, with former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg doubling down on his opposition to legalization and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) facing questions …

As seven Democratic presidential candidates jockeyed for advantage in South Carolina’s unruly debate, just one week before Super Tuesday, the issue of marijuana legalization came out loud and clear. Like everything else among the presidential hopefuls, marijuana legalization was dragged …

The director of Strategic Communications for Trump’s re-election campaign, Marc Lotter, just happened to be in Nevada as six democratic presidential hopefuls were about to take to stage in the 2020 Nevada debate. Lotter fired off a list of dubious …

Cannabis legalization was derailed in New Mexico after a disappointing procedural defeat when a Senate Judiciary Committee decided to table a promising bill in a 6-4 vote. And it wasn’t for lack of trying or support The Weed Blog reported …

As the president travels around the nation whipping up support for his re-election, analysts have been surprised at how openly he is backing away from his 2016 campaign vows to protect such government programs as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and …

Illinois’ newly legal cannabis sales outdid every other state in the nation, except for Nevada, during its first full month of sales, pulling in nearly $40 million. While seasoned cannabis analysts are calling Illinois’ stellar financial cannabis rollout “typical” for …