Federal Hemp Redefinition Forces Retailers to Watch Two Deadlines
A federal law that redraws the definition of hemp is already on the books, signed into law in November 2025, but its effective date is still moving. The Senate has voted to push most of the
TSRgrow Expands GROWHub Software to Unify Cultivation and Compliance Data
TSRgrow has rolled out a significant expansion of GROWHub, its cultivation software platform, adding analytics, energy monitoring, batch-record tools, Metrc integration and building-system
Senate Rejects Push to Fast-Track Federal Hemp Restrictions
A one-month reprieve for the intoxicating hemp industry will stand, after the Senate voted 61-32 on Aug. 8 to table an amendment from Sen. Ted Budd, R-NC, that would have kept the federal hemp
Virginia Hemp Retailers Await Ruling on THC Limit Injunction
A federal judge spent nearly five hours Wednesday weighing whether to pause Virginia's new hemp restrictions before they take effect Saturday, as store owners testified the rules could force them out
Missouri Hemp Beverage Ban Hinges on Congress and a Signature
A federal funding vote may buy Missouri's hemp beverage sellers a few more months on the shelf. The U.S. Senate approved a short-term spending measure early Saturday that would push the federal
Green Thumb's Cash Discipline Sets a Bar Few Cannabis Operators Clear
Cash, not revenue, has become the dividing line between cannabis operators that survive and ones that quietly fall apart. Over the past five years, dozens of multi-state operators chased top-line
Nigeria Customs Intercepts Smuggled Rifles and Cannabis Cargo at Port
The Nigeria Customs Service has disrupted a smuggling operation at Tincan Island Port that combined firearms trafficking with the movement of cannabis-infused consumer goods through commercial
North Carolina Governor Pushes Regulated Cannabis Market Over Hemp Ban
North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is telling state lawmakers they've got the wrong target. Rather than banning intoxicating hemp THC products outright, he says the legislature should be building a
Watertown Restaurateur Pivots Dispensary Bid to Arsenal Street Site
WATERTOWN - A local restaurateur turned away from opening a retail marijuana shop on Coffeen Street last December is trying again, this time eyeing a former craft beer retailer on Arsenal Street
