Colorado

Bob Eschino and Derek Cumings are co-founders of Medically Correct, a Colorado-based cannabis edibles firm founded in 2010.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has requested $5 million to help boost the state’s cannabis entrepreneurs and social equity businesses.

A condo association in Aspen, Colorado is asking their landlord to evict a cannabis dispensary from one of its commercial units.

Denver cannabis regulators announced new proposals that would allow for cannabis delivery and additional social use venues, as well as new provisions that would prioritize those licenses for entrepreneurs who qualify under the state’s social equity requirements.

Colorado CBD firm Folium Biosciences is being sued for allegedly dumping hemp waste including ethanol into the grounds surrounding its facility.

Jay-Z’s new cannabis brand Monogram has launched a billboard advertising campaign at the borders between states with disparate cannabis laws.

The IRS has been cleared to audit cannabis companies under a recent ruling in the U.S. 10th Circuit of Appeals.

Colorado officials have released new rules that will require cannabis manufacturers to test the emissions of vaporized cannabis products starting on January 1, 2021.

Colorado cannabis security firm Helix must pay overtime wages after its case was declined by the Supreme Court. The firm had argued that, because cannabis was federally illegal, industry workers were not protected by federal law.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order this morning issuing pardons to 2,732 Coloradans with convictions for possessing one ounce or less of cannabis.

Cannabis taxes have helped to fund $5.7 million in state grants to help pay for school improvements such as roof repair and other renovations in Colorado’s Thompson School District.

Medicine Man Denver announced it was terminating its deal with Schwazze and will look for new partners; it’s the second failed deal in as many months for Schwazze.

Colorado’s cannabis industry set a new monthly sales record in June at over $158 million, six years after the state’s first adult-use sale.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has ruled that a drug conviction is not necessarily automatic grounds for deporting an immigrant who is in the U.S. on a green card.

Killer Mike and El-P, the rappers known collectively as Run the Jewels, have partnered with cannabis companies Cookies and Lemonnade to provide their first branded cannabis strain, Ooh Lala.

Pueblo County, Colorado is set to provide $2.3 million in scholarship funding to local students using cannabis-derived taxes.

Colorado’s governor has signed legislation addressing social equity concerns in the cannabis industry — the new law allows for additional low-level cannabis possession pardons and sets aside business licenses for social equity applicants.

The Dixie Elixirs brand in Colorado — one of the cannabis industry’s most established edibles brands — announced it would change its name to drop the historically racist term “Dixie.”

A Colorado DOT study found that cannabis consumers consider stoned driving to be less dangerous than drunk driving and are generally skeptical of state laws related to cannabis and driving.

Colorado lawmakers have approved legislation for social equity cannabis licensing and which gives the governor power to expunge low-level cannabis convictions from before the state legalized in 2012.

Tylor Couch is the founder of PolyCanna, a Colorado company focused on creative recycling and upcycling strategies to improve sustainable packaging options for the cannabis industry.

Denver-based Schwazze is set to acquire 14 Star Buds locations throughout Colorado including 13 dispensaries and one cultivation site.