Crista Eggers

Nebraska's recent election, where voters overwhelmingly approved medical cannabis legalization, now faces intense legal scrutiny. As Taking Joints Memo reported, the state Attorney General’s Office and former State Senator John Kuehn argue that widespread petition fraud and notarial...

Nebraska voters chose to legalize and regulate medical cannabis on Tuesday via two ballot measures. What Happened The AP reported Tuesday night that with nearly 60% of the votes counted, over 72.4% of Nebraska voters said yes to Initiative 437, thus enacting the Nebraska Medical Cannabis...

A district court judge in Nebraska ruled that votes for and against the state’s medical cannabis ballot measures will be counted and made public. With the last week's ruling Lancaster County District Judge Susan Strong rejected a request to halt the process. What Happened John Kuehn, who has...

Nebraska voters will soon decide on whether to legalize medical cannabis, following the certification of two ballot measures on Friday by Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen. As MJBiz Daily reported, the initiatives, which aim to establish a regulated medical marijuana market, were cleared for...

A former Republican member of the Nebraska State Senate initiated a lawsuit on Thursday aimed at preventing the Secretary of State Bob Evnen from certifying two petitions, backed by Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, that seek to legalize medical cannabis in the upcoming November election, reported...

Nebraska cannabis activists garnered enough signatures to place two petitions to legalize medical marijuana on the November 2024 ballot. The first petition would require state politicians to pass laws protecting physicians who recommend medical cannabis and patients who need it. The second would...

Recent polls have shown that Nebraskans are ready to embrace legal medical marijuana, yet a campaign to enact the reform needs more signatures as the July 3 turn-in deadline looms. According to Crista Eggers, campaign manager of Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM), they're still in the game,...

Ontario government has made changes to Ontario Regulation 468/18 under the Cannabis Licence Act of 2018, allowing cannabis retailers in the province to operate a maximum of 150 stores. In the meantime, South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (SDBML) recently had their circulator handout approved...

As Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference returns to Chicago this Sept 27-28 for its 17th edition, gathering top CEOs, investors and leaders in the cannabis industry, let's scroll through the latest regulatory changes in the space. Pre-Employment Marijuana Screening Scrapped For Michigan State...

Crista Eggers, leader of an initiative that would allow Nebraskans to vote on legalizing medical cannabis, recently expressed her "absolute disgust" that state officials have yet to complete a final review of petition signatures. “Our campaign should have been shown the decency to...

Nebraska cannabis activists have taken another hit just weeks after failing to collect enough signatures statewide to put two marijuana legalization initiatives on the November ballot. The 2-1 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit reinstated the state's requirement that...

Just days after the Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen announced that Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) failed to submit enough valid signatures to place two medical marijuana initiatives on the November ballot, officials agreed to revisit the matter, reported Nebraska Examiner....

Nebraska lawmakers are planning to introduce a measure to legalize medical marijuana in the upcoming legislative session, reported KNOP. “We will exhaust every measure possible to get Nebraskans the medical freedom they deserve and want,” State Senator Jen Day of District 49 said...

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana (NMM) have turned in signatures enabling them to now place a medical cannabis proposal on the Nebraska ballot, reported KFSM 5NEWS. The activists hope that they’ve done their part and garnered enough signatures to support the cause. The campaign first revealed...

Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana have only until July 7th to collect enough signatures to place a medical cannabis proposal on the Nebraska ballot later this year but unfortunately, they still need a lot. Crista Eggers, the campaign manager, begged the community to join the effort,...