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Court Administrator Beth McLaughlin says the judicial branch will likely forgo creating a new court to handle clearing criminal records of now legal actions.

Sales of recreational marijuana are underway, and dispensary owners say they’re not ready to meet the demand. That may mean problems for the 55,000 Montanans who hold medical marijuana cards.

The Whitefish City Council has approved rules that will allow recreational marijuana shops to operate downtown.

Reversing an earlier decision, Yellowstone County commissioners agreed to put the question of whether to overturn legal recreational marijuana sales up for a vote.

The state's rulemaking process for the sale of recreational marijuana is again moving ahead. It was delayed after Montana lawmakers intervened last week with last-minute concerns.

Montana lawmakers are pausing the state’s rulemaking process for the new recreational marijuana industry slated to come online January 1. There is bipartisan concern that the state isn’t following legislators' intent for the policy.

Montana’s marijuana regulators are eliminating two widely criticized proposals tied to the state’s January rollout of legal cannabis sales.

The same bill that established the framework of legal, recreational cannabis sales in Montana also allows for the resentencing or expungement of marijuana-related crimes.

Recreational cannabis sales begin in less than two months in half of Montana’s counties. Regulators and retailers alike are scrambling to finalize last minute details before that January 1st deadline.

Ahead of Montana’s upcoming first legal recreational marijuana sales, lawmakers this week told state regulators to reconsider several potential rules.