Greg Gianforte

Congressional Progressive Caucus Names Marijuana Legalization A Priority Ahead Of November Election As the November elections approach, efforts to garner more support among voters are doubling down. A new legislative agenda by the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) that was published last week...

Montana's Veto Dilemma In Montana, a significant legislative development unfolds as Judge Mike Menahan ruled that Governor Greg Gianforte (R) must transmit his veto of Senate Bill 442 to the Secretary of State for a possible legislative override. This bill, which received substantial...

Montana legislators continue to push to allocate cannabis tax revenue to a habitat improvement program, despite Gov. Greg Gianforte's (R) opposition. Lawmakers overruled a veto issued by the governor on an appropriations measure (House Bill 868) that seeks to direct marijuana tax...

Legal hurdle around Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's veto on a measure that sought to regulate how $50 million in recreational cannabis taxes would have been distributed statewide is heating up. Two lawsuits were filed recently by several entities against Gianforte and Secretary of State...

Montana, on Wednesday, became the first state in the U.S. to implement a complete ban on the sales and use of TikTok. What Happened: Citing concerns over the Chinese Communist Party's potential access to "Montanans' private data and sensitive personal information," Governor Greg Gianforte signed a...

Montana became the 14th state to legalize recreational cannabis when 58% of voters said in 2020.  From a bill that would put an end to the recreational cannabis market statewide to a measure seeking changes in permissible THC amounts in edibles, lawmakers at the...

San Antonio Votes Against Marijuana Decriminalization As Broader Bill Awaits Senate Consideration San Antonio residents rejected a ballot measure past weekend that would have decriminalized recreational cannabis, reported Marijuana Moment. The measure sought to decriminalize local low-level...

Rhode Island Lawmakers Greenlights Cannabis Advertising Rhode Island House members are poised to weigh in on a measure that seeks to let existing state regulators handle cannabis advertising rules after one of the chamber's committees passed it on Tuesday, reported WJAR. Gov. Daniel McKee...

Florida Marijuana Activists Closer To Getting Legalization On The Ballot Cannabis groups and legislators pushing for policy reform have tried and failed to legalize marijuana for recreational adult use in Florida, but the most recently filed, industry-backed campaign has garnered 841,130...

A Republican lawmaker is seeking to put an end to dispensaries selling recreational cannabis in Montana with a bill he filed on Friday, reported Montana Free Press. Senate Bill 546 from state Sen. Keith Regier (R), is designed to amend the state's marijuana retail market by "eliminating...

New Bill Could End Legal Marijuana Alternative In Kentucky GOP lawmaker Rebecca Raymer has filed a bill proposing a ban on sales of products containing delta-8 THC alongside other hemp-derived intoxicating substances in Kentucky. Raymer is "hopeful" the bill will address the "...

Which vice brings in more in taxes — weed or alcohol? It depends on the state, the local trend and the taxes set up on each. But with marijuana becoming legal, it comes as no surprise that Montana is projecting tax revenue from cannabis to go up, while wine and beer should remain at the same...