New marijuana dispensary opening just 400 feet from Wrigley Field in Chicago

'Sunnyside Wrigleyville' marijuana dispensary has 21 checkout counters, which the company says will allow them to handle thousands of customers on days when Wrigley Field is packed with baseball fans or concert goers.

Indiana US Senate candidate vows to work to legalize marijuana nationwide

"Yeah, I went to a Grateful Dead show at Wrigley Field and I smoked weed," said Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. "Indiana is woefully behind on this."

$10M cash, 500K marijuana plants seized in Bay Area's largest-ever bust

Alameda County Sheriff's Office detectives say they've recovered upwards of $10 million in cash, 100,000 marijuana plants, and 6 tons of processed marijuana valued at $40 million in the largest-ever marijuana bust in the history of the Bay Area.

City Council votes in support of marijuana sales downtown
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The City Council voted in favor of shrinking the downtown "exclusion zone" and relax zoning requirements for cannabis businesses all over the city.

Illinois to hold another cannabis license lottery after data error
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The six applicants were wrongly denied because of a data entry error, according to Toi Hutchinson, the Governor's senior cannabis adviser.

Extra cannabis lottery planned in Illinois to give applicants fair shot

Wealthy, clouted, white male applicants also won a significant portion of perfect scores, instead of the Black and Latino applicants who were meant to get an advantage as “social equity” applicants from areas hurt by the war on drugs.

New Illinois bill would change workplace marijuana rules
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State Rep. Bob Morgan (D-Highwood) talks about his new bill which would prohibit Illinois workers from getting fired for only having a low-level positive result on a marijuana test.

Weed sales in Illinois hit record high in July

Recreational marijuana sales in Illinois hit a record high in July with over $128 million, with Lollapalooza providing a big boost.

Illinois reports winners of 55 marijuana licenses in lottery

There are 55 winners of Illinois’ lottery for licenses to operate marijuana retail stores officials said Thursday, but the licenses can’t be awarded until a judge rules on a challenge to the process.

New Illinois laws: Gov. Pritzker signs 4 bills into law Thursday

Gov. JB Pritzker signed four bills into law Thursday, including one that makes Illinois the first state in the nation to ban police from lying to children during interrogations.