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Cannabis Vertical Farming Strategic Business Report 2025-2030 Market Growth Fueled By LED Innovations, Automation, And Demand For Quality & Sustainability
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Cannabis vertical farming offers key market opportunities through consistent, year-round cultivation, meeting premium and medicinal quality demands. Innovations in tech like LED lighting, AI, and automation enhance...

Business Business Insider America's small business owners are being swamped by scammers
Sometime last year, Ian Lamont's inbox began piling up with inquiries about a job listing. The Boston-based owner of a how-to guide company hadn't opened any new positions, but when he logged onto LinkedIn, he found one for a "Data Entry Clerk"...

Texas medical marijuana industry to push for hemp age restrictions and delta-8 ban
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ medical marijuana dispensaries entered into this year’s legislative session with a two-prong strategy to expand: to...

Waco Cannabis Advocates Say They Have Solution for Texas THC Ban Debate
Waco cannabis advocates propose an online training platform called 'Craft Academy' to ensure THC sales compliance in Texas. WACO, Texas — Rhiannon Yard, owner of Waco's Hemp Gaia, is the driving force behind 'Craft Academy'. She is partnering with...

‘This tax could kill this industry.’ California cannabis operators brace for increase
In summary California’s excise tax on legal weed is increasing, despite efforts to keep it lower to help the struggling industry. Lawmakers left it out of the state budget they passed Monday. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom...

Maryland taxes increase Tuesday on high incomes, cannabis, sports betting
Maryland’s wealthiest earners, businesses that use digital services and individuals who partake in recreational cannabis or sports betting will pay more in state taxes starting Tuesday. The tax increases — which also apply to vending machine...

OCM expands recall on IndoGro cannabis products
ITHACA, NY (607NewsNow) – A recall in New York’s cannabis industry has expanded. According to the Office of Cannabis Management (OCM), a recall of nine IndoGro LLC products announced last month now includes an additional 27 products. Officials say...
Stolen car plows into Colorado Springs business
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Crooks appear to have tried and failed to break into a cannabis shop overnight. Police say the suspects drove a stolen car into the storefront. “Officers would arrive on scene and observed a vehicle that had backed...

Maryland's new taxes spark outrage: residents brace for vehicle, cannabis, income hikes
(WBFF) — Maryland residents are preparing for a wave of new taxes and fees set to take effect as the state grapples with a $3 billion budget deficit. Despite public outcry, the legislature has approved significant tax increases, which will be...

Alabama’s new laws: Hemp ban, state parental leave begin, overtime tax break ends
Several bills passed by Alabama lawmakers this year go into effect starting Tuesday, including one that delivers an important new benefit for teachers and state employees. Another Alabama law that put more money in the pockets of many hourly...

Three months on from ‘Liberation Day’, Donald Trump’s trade war is punishing US businesses
By Steve Cannane of ABC Investigations, Mary Fallon and Lara Sonnenschein (ABC-Australia) Farmer John Ashe’s dealt with drought. He’s dealt with hurricanes. But what he saw the US president announce on TV left him speechless. “I just shook my...

America's small business owners are being swamped by scammers
Sometime last year, Ian Lamont's inbox began piling up with inquiries about a job listing. The Boston-based owner of a how-to guide company hadn't opened any new positions, but when he logged onto LinkedIn, he found one for a "Data Entry Clerk"...

New York Office of Cannabis Management Announces Appointment of New Leaders
A June 27, 2025, news release posted by the New York Office of Cannabis Management (OCM) announced the confirmation of Jessica C. García, nominated by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, as the new Chair of the Cannabis Control Board (CCB) (1). García...

From legal highs to tighter rules: Thailand rethinks weed rules after tourist boom
Three years after becoming the first Asian country to legalise cannabis, Thailand has introduced new rules that restrict access to medical use only. From this week, both locals and tourists will need a doctor’s prescription to buy cannabis...

Florida Removes Nearly 11,000 Hemp Product Packages for Violating Child-Protection Standards
Florida officials have removed nearly 11,000 packages of hemp products for violating child-protection standards for packaging, labeling, and marketing throughout the state during the Florida Department of Agriculture’s “Operation Safe Summer.” In...

Advocacy Organizations Call on Meta to End Censorship of Cannabis and Psychedelic Communities
In a letter to Meta Platforms, Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, a group of cannabis and psychedelic advocacy organizations, led by Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), called on the company to end what it describes as...

Nebraska Officials Propose Emergency Medical Cannabis Regulations
The Nebraska Medical Cannabis Commission last week approved emergency regulations to begin accepting medical cannabis applications as soon as Gov. Jim Pillen (R) allows the agency to proceed, the Nebraska Examiner reports. Under the state’s...

Settlement Leads To Ban For Former Greeley Cannabis Store Owner
A former owner of a Greeley cannabis business faces a ban on ever owning one again after settling Christopher Landon Eoff owned Gee Distributors, LLC, which was located in Greeley and operated mostly online... The post Settlement Leads To Ban For...

Space Cargo of Human Remains And Cannabis Lost at Sea Following Mission Failure
We've sent some pretty interesting payloads to space since the first satellite (Sputnik 1) launched on October 4th, 1957. As access to space has increased, thanks largely to the commercial space industry, so too have the types of payloads we are...

California's 4% cannabis tax increase kicks in July 1
By Esteban Reynoso June 30, 2025 / 10:45 PM PDT / CBS Sacramento California's cannabis excise tax to rise to 19% July 1 California's cannabis excise tax to rise to 19% July 1 02:44 California's cannabis excise tax is set to increase from 15% to...