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Texas Officials Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative In Lockhart For November Ballot
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - 9:12am | 648Lockhart, Texas voters may soon have a say in whether to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis within the city limits. What Happened: Lockhart City Secretary Julie Bowerman sent a memo on July 23 to the City Council verifying that the Lockhart Freedom Act ballot petition — Mano...
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GOP Attorney General In Texas Loses Legal Battle Against Towns With Decriminalized Cannabis, Insists They're 'Run By Pro-Crime Extremists'
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 - 6:59pm | 668A Texas judge dismissed another of Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuits over voter-approved marijuana decriminalization ordinances. It is Paxton’s second legal loss in as many cases. "On Monday, Judge Sherri Tibbe dismissed Ken Paxton's lawsuit seeking to force the City of San Marcos to...
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Texas Town Joins Statewide Push To Decriminalize Cannabis With Successful Petition
Monday, July 8, 2024 - 10:10pm | 600Desiree Venable, a Democrat running for a seat in the Texas House, turned in 600 signatures on Monday in support of decriminalizing marijuana in the town of Bastrop, which is about 30 miles outside of Austin. “This petition is an example of true democracy and the power we have as community...
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Texas Cannabis Company Secures $2B Valuation From LA Financial Firm
Monday, June 17, 2024 - 3:25pm | 534Cannabis Bioscience International Holdings (OTCPK: CBIH), a Texas-based cannabis company providing services for clinical research studies, announced Monday it received a $2 billion valuation following a rigorous assessment by StoneBridge Advisory, a Los Angeles financial advisory firm. ...
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Marijuana Activists In Lockhart, Texas Collect Enough Signatures To Place Cannabis Decriminalization Measure On Ballot
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 8:45am | 999Cannabis activists in Lockhart have collected enough signatures to support the Lockhart Freedom Act that would decriminalize low-level cannabis possession. More than 900 signatures were submitted to City Hall Wednesday with the goal of getting the proposal on the November ballot, reported Fox 7...
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Deterrence Or Free Will? This Texas City To Vote Against Weed Decriminalization Following Opposition From Gov. Abbott And AG Paxton
Monday, May 6, 2024 - 10:55am | 487Residents of Lubbock, West Texas’ largest city with 264,000 residents, said no to a measure to decriminalize local low-level marijuana offenses. On Saturday, in a 65–35 vote, Lubbock chose not to enact marijuana policy reform. Adam Hernandez, the Lubbock decriminalization campaign director,...
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GOP Gov. Abbott Sides With AG Paxton On Texas Weed Decriminalization: Cities Like Lubbock Have No Authority To 'Override' State Law
Friday, April 26, 2024 - 11:08am | 501Residents of Lubbock, West Texas' largest city with 264,000 residents, are slated to vote next week to decriminalize local low-level marijuana offenses, making it yet another city in the Lone Star State, to do so. For the May 4 vote, which has been raising dust for months, Gov. Greg Abbott (R)...
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Texas City Slated To Decriminalize Weed Despite AG Paxton's Lawsuit Against Five Cities Over Amnesty Policies
Thursday, February 8, 2024 - 4:56pm | 525The organization supporting the initiative to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana in Lubbock, Texas has condemned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's decision to sue five cities “for adopting amnesty and non-prosecution policies that violate Texas laws.” Lubbock...
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GOP Attorney General In Texas Sues Five Cities To Stop Voter-Approved Marijuana Reform, Says They're 'Run By Pro-Crime Extremists'
Wednesday, January 31, 2024 - 11:09pm | 436Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office announced on Wednesday that it had sued Denton, Austin, Elgin, Killeen and San Marcos "for adopting amnesty and non-prosecution policies that violate Texas laws." In a statement included in the AG’s news release, Paxton described the cities as being...
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Concerns Mount In US Hemp Industry Over Push For Higher THC Levels (UPDATED)
Monday, January 29, 2024 - 1:35pm | 1177Editor’s note: The headline of this story was updated to more accurately reflect the nature of the debate around THC limits in hemp. State Agriculture Departments Across U.S. Urging Congress To Raise THC Limit For Legal Hemp The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA...
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Weed Decriminalization On Ballot In Another Texas City, Hemp Seeds In Animal Feed And More Cannabis Regs
Friday, December 8, 2023 - 1:03pm | 1130Marijuana Decriminalization On May 2024 Ballot In Lubbock, Texas Lawmakers in Lubbock, Texas gave the green light to a resolution that will allow the inclusion of a local marijuana decriminalization initiative on the ballot next spring. This decision comes following the months-long efforts by...
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House Extends 2018 Farm Bill, USDA Tells Food Safety Workers To Avoid CBD & THC Products & More
Thursday, November 16, 2023 - 9:21am | 1221US House Extends 2018 Farm Bill For One Year The House approved a spending bill that includes an extension for the 2018 Farm Bill. A short-term funding bill is now heading to the Senate, which is expected to quickly pass and then be sent on to President Biden to sign into law before...
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Bad News For Marijuana Prohibitionists In Texas, Oregon's New Cannabis Coalition & Other Updates
Thursday, October 19, 2023 - 3:13pm | 866Bad News For Prohibitionists As Support For Marijuana Decriminalization Grows Cannabis activists in Lubbock, Texas, have garnered enough signatures to put a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the ballot. On Tuesday, which was the deadline for submitting signatures, they turned in 10,...
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No Legit Excuse For Positive THC Test, New Rules Double Weed License Fees & Latest Reg Updates
Monday, October 16, 2023 - 5:02pm | 743Alaska Airlines Employee's Job Restored In Marijuana Case As Federal Stance On Cannabis Remains Strict In Washington State, a technician employed by Alaska Airlines faced termination after testing positive for cannabis after a random drug test in July 2022. This decision was overturned recently...
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TikTok And Spotify Sensation Phix Teams Up With Gelato Canna Co. In Brand Partnership
Thursday, October 5, 2023 - 2:15pm | 425Gelato Canna Co., a fast-growing cannabis brand in California and Michigan, recently unveiled a yearlong brand partnership with the Texas-based rapper Phix. According to a press release, Phix garnered significant attention and popularity after his participation in the Deer Alcohol Challenge...