Medical marijuana
Changes to medical marijuana law approved by Legislature

Jun. 25, 2021 10:20 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pandemic-era regulations that let medical marijuana dispensaries serve patients at curbside and dispense three months' worth of the drug...

Medical marijuana law changes get through Pennsylvania House

Jun. 07, 2021 04:14 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The state House on Monday approved a set of revisions to Pennsylvania's medical marijuana law, seeking to make permanent some of the...

Medical marijuana law changes pass Pennsylvania House panel

May. 24, 2021 01:50 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A proposal to permanently adopt pandemic-prompted changes to Pennsylvania's medical marijuana law passed a state House committee on...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press May. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. May 20, 2021. Editorial: Return of Standing Bear’s tomahawk can have important symbolic meaning ...

Sen. Del Marsh talks on the senate floor during the last day of the regular session at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Monday May 17, 2021. (Mickey Welsh/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)
Alabama Legislature: What passed and failed on the last day

By Kim Chandler May. 18, 2021 01:09 AM EDT

City removes ordinance banning medical cannabis drive-thrus

May. 14, 2021 10:59 AM EDT
LEHI, Utah (AP) — Lehi will allow medical cannabis drive-thrus after a unanimous vote to remove a local ordinance banning them. The...

Medical pot bill dies, setting up Nebraska ballot drive

By Grant Schulte May. 12, 2021 05:41 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A bill to legalize and tightly regulate medical marijuana died in the Nebraska Legislature on Wednesday, setting the stage for a much less...

Some push to kill off PA regulations halted during pandemic

By Mark Scolforo Apr. 27, 2021 08:11 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania put on ice hundreds of state government regulations during the pandemic, but policymakers are starting to weigh whether any...

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

By The Associated Press Apr. 20, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Kansas City Star. April 13, 2021. Editorial: KS lawmakers neglect schools, health care to focus on trans athletes, license plates ...

Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler listens to arguments before the Mississippi Supreme Court over her lawsuit that challenges the state's initiative process and seeks to overturn a medical marijuana initiative that voters approved in November, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Mississippi marijuana program hinges on initiative arguments

By Emily Wagster Pettus Apr. 14, 2021 02:16 PM EDT

Justices to hear Mississippi marijuana initiative arguments

By Emily Wagster Pettus Apr. 12, 2021 11:56 AM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that challenges the state initiative process and seeks to...

Open carry, hate crime bills clear deadline in SC Statehouse

By Jeffrey Collins And Michelle Liu Apr. 09, 2021 12:37 PM EDT
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Thursday marked a key deadline in the 2021 South Carolina General Assembly. It's called the crossover deadline. Bills...

Rep. Taffy Howard, left, R-Rapid City speaks in opposition to Noem's edits of House Bill 1217 at the South Dakota state capitol building during the legislative session in Pierre, S.D., on Monday, March 29, 2021. A South Dakota bill to ban transgender women and girls from female sports failed Monday after Noem effectively vetoed the bill. (Grace Pritchett/Rapid City Journal via AP)
Noem pitches transgender sports ban; lawmakers say not now

By Stephen Groves Apr. 07, 2021 05:56 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

By The Associated Press Apr. 06, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Kansas City Star. April 5, 2021. Editorial: Fighting Kansas school mask mandates is ludicrous, and now is the absolute wrong time ...

FILE - In this March 24, 2021 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at his offices in New York. New Yorkers can now possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis under a legalization bill signed by Cuomo. Criminal justice reform advocates hope the legislation signed Wednesday, March 31, will help redress the inequities of a system that has locked up people of color for marijuana offenses at disproportionate rates. (Brendan McDermid/Pool Photo via AP, File)
New York is latest state to legalize recreational marijuana

By Marina Villeneuve Mar. 31, 2021 11:03 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant that he is growing indoors in Portland, Maine. New York has failed in recent years to pass marijuana legalization, but a state senator said lawmakers have reached an agreement to legalize marijuana sales to adults over the age of 21. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
New York lawmakers agree to legalize recreational marijuana

By Marina Villeneuve, Jennifer Peltz And Karen Matthews Mar. 28, 2021 08:12 AM EDT

FILE- In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, police officers and a police sniffer dog stand next to 63 kilos of marijuana which where found in the car seen left, during a press conference in Paris. France's government launched a two-year nationwide experiment with medical cannabis with a view to eventual legalization. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
France launches 2-year experiment with medical marijuana

Mar. 26, 2021 12:59 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on March 24, confirmed Levine to be assistant secretary of health. She becomes the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP, File)
A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

By David Crary Mar. 25, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2021, file photo, Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. Senate on March 24, confirmed Levine to be assistant secretary of health. She becomes the first openly transgender federal official to win Senate confirmation. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP, File)
A first: US Senate confirms transgender doctor for key post

By David Crary Mar. 24, 2021 05:35 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, store manager Ruby Amsden, left, attends to medical marijuana customer and retired nurse Jan Stewart, who uses cannabis to relieve pain associated with her recovery from bone cancer and help with sleeping, at the Minerva medical cannabis dispensary in Santa Fe, N.M. Legislation to legalize cannabis in New Mexico advanced Thursday, March 18, 2021, toward a decisive Senate floor vote under a framework that emphasizes government oversight of pricing and supplies and social services for communities where the criminalization of pot led to aggressive policing. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
Democrats rally behind recreational pot bill in New Mexico

By Morgan Lee Mar. 19, 2021 03:30 PM EDT