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Montana’s marijuana industry includes 432 dispensaries, employs more than 4,000 people and contributes millions of dollars of tax revenue
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A bill to allow cannabis business access to traditional banking services appears to have failed in Congress this week.
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Montana’s two U.S. senators are throwing their support behind a bipartisan effort to push new federal marijuana laws through Congress before the end of the current term.
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Local option sales taxes on recreational marijuana appear to have been favored during Montana’s midterm election. Efforts to ban recreational sales had a more mixed response.
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Marijuana dispensary owners in Great Falls have won a lawsuit against the city. The decision determined a city where sales are legal can’t ban marijuana businesses without holding an election.
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Two years after Montana voters statewide legalized recreational marijuana some communities are still fighting over the issue. Recreational sales are once again on the ballot this November.
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Attorney Raph Graybill is representing the Yatskos and says the city ban is illegal because Cascade County voters approved recreational marijuana in 2020.
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According to Montana Department of Revenue data, that nearly $16 million in recreational marijuana sales represents a roughly $2.3 million bump over February’s receipts.
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The Montana Supreme Court this week approved temporary rules that outline procedures for expunging or revising marijuana-related convictions.
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Butte-Silver Bow County is the latest local jurisdiction in Montana looking to add a local excise tax on cannabis sales.