United States Western District of Virginia Judge Robert Ballou Friday ruled against a cohort of Virginia hemp businesses, denying their motions for a preliminary injunction and temporary restraining order to prevent new hemp restrictions from taking place.
Hemp-derived THC beverages could stay on Missouri shelves past Nov. 12 — the day the state’s ban on intoxicating hemp products takes effect — if Congress gives final approval to a short-term funding bill and the president signs it. In an overnight vote Saturday, the U.S. Senate approved a measure to fund federal agencies until […]
Seven Virginia hemp businesses are asking a federal judge to block new restrictions on consumable hemp products, arguing the changes will wipe out much of their inventory, trigger layoffs and force some companies to close when they take effect on Aug. 15. The lawsuit, filed July 31 in the U.S. District Court for the Western […]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday and a group of 34 bipartisan attorneys general wrote a letter to Congress asking them to preserve a ban on intoxicating hemp products.
Governor Josh Stein said Tuesday it is “premature” to say if he will sign House Bill 328, legislation that would ban intoxicating hemp products in the state. Stein, a Democrat, has long called on state lawmakers to ban the sale of intoxicating hemp products to anyone under 21. H328 would go a step beyond that, […]
The North Carolina state House returns to work this week to take what may be its last votes before the November election. House Republicans are set to give final consideration to two elections bills, one of them controversial. House Bill 958, which makes changes to a range of voting practices, is on the House agenda […]
The low-dose THC industry that makes the popular beverages and edibles you see at liquor and convenience stores and breweries got a sliver of hope Sunday in the face of a looming federal prohibition of the key ingredient they need for their products. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is a candidate for governor of Minnesota, said […]
Editor’s note: This is the third in a three-part series with Nebraska gubernatorial candidates about their pivot from the May 12 primary election to the Nov. 3 general election. LINCOLN — Rick Beard knows the uphill climb he faces to be elected Nebraska’s next governor but feels his third-party status and ideas for a state-run medical […]
A new law would make intoxicating hemp products illegal after Nov. 12, when a federal ban takes effect.
(Carolina Journal) – A Senate-approved conference report that would largely ban intoxicating hemp products in North Carolina has stalled in the House, where Republican lawmakers have raised concerns about the scope of the agreement.
