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Posts tagged Illinois Legal Cannabis
Pot sales, tax revenue keep growing like a weed
Another month of record sales and record tax revenue go hand in hand on adult-use cannabis
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Ted CoxIllinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Illinois Department of Revenue, Illinois Liquor Taxes, Illinois Gaming Revenue
Stoned again
Illinois sets yet another monthly record for sales of adult-use cannabis: $64M
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Reefer tax revenue nears $20M a month
Illinois banked $19.2M in taxes from adult-use cannabis in August — another in a series of monthly records
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Ted CoxIllinois Adult-Use Cannabis Revenue, Illinois Adult-Use Cannabis, Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Department of Revenue, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Illinois Liquor Taxes, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana
Recreational reefer revenue resets record
As sales rise higher for legal weed, state’s slice of pot pie follows
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Ted CoxIllinois Cannabis Sales, Illinois Cannabis, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Cannabis Tax Revenue, Illinois Recreational Marijuana, Illinois Department of Revenue, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Illinois Marijuana, Illinois Marijuana Legalization, Illinois Marijuana Revenue
What a rush on legal weed!
Recreational pot sales crack $60M, obliterate previous monthly record by more than 25 percent
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Ted CoxLegal Cannabis, Legal Marijuana, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Cannabis Sales, Illinois Cannabis, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Illinois Department of Revenue, Cannabis Tourism
How high are we gonna get?
Legal-weed sales set new monthly record in June, both for Illinoisans and cannabis tourists
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Record recreational pot sales for May
New highs for both in-state buys, cannabis tourism top mark set in first month by $5M
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Legal weed sales resist COVID collapse
State approaches one-month high with $37.2M in buys for April, despite lower out-of-state sales
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Feb. pot sales stay high at $35M
Cannabis tourists from out of state increase buys even with two fewer shopping days
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Legal-weed taxes take revenue estimate higher
State clears $10M in first month, running well ahead of projected $28M for first half-year
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Jan. pot bowl is majorly cashed, dude
Illinois rakes in almost $40M over first month of legal cannabis, with more than 20 percent coming from out-of-staters
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State of the State: 'Growing stronger each day'
Pritzker blasts doomsayers, touts achievements, looks ahead to ethics reform, clean energy, lower property taxes
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Pritzker State of the State, Rebuild Illinois, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Childhood Development, CCAP, Bonnie Brackett, Heartland Kids Early Learning Center, Illinois Ethics Reform, Illinois Criminal Justice Reform, Clean Energy Jobs Act, Ann Williams, Jack Darin, Sierra Club Illinois Chapter, Illinois Property Taxes
Pritzker, Stratton lay out proposals for comprehensive justice reform
It’s not just about expunging pot convictions, although that’s a start
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Juliana Stratton, Illinois Criminal Justice, Illinois Criminal Justice Reform, Kennedy-King College, Justice Equity Opportunity Initiative, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legal Marijuana, War on Drugs
2020 will require clear vision for future
What kind of year will it be? From the presidential race and the fair tax to climate change and the U.S. Census, the decisions are up to us.
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Ted Cox2020, 1984, 2001, Greta Thunberg, Illinois Primary, Illinois Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Graduated Income Tax, Trump Impeachment, Bill Brady, Richard Guebert Jr., Illinois Youth Climate Strike, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legal Marijuana
To 500 and beyond: End-of-summer review
Farmers said, ‘Enough,’ the drumbeat for impeachment pounded, bills were signed into law, and Scabby the Rat faced off against Trump
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, J.B. Pritzker, Scabby the Rat, Vose's Korndogs, Trump Trade War, Trump Tariffs, Illinois Farm Bureau, Illinois Farmers, USDA, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Capital Bill, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Minimum Teacher Salary, Illinois Education Funding, Paraeducators, Ameya Pawar, Universal Basic Income, Jan Schakowsky, Sean Casten, Lauren Underwood, Brad Schneider, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Bill Foster, Bill Brady, Better Government Association, BGA, EPA
Pot to be legal here in 2020: Link to podcast
Pritzker signs cannabis bill into law, praises legislative work done by ‘Marijuana Moms’
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Ted CoxJehan Gordon-Booth, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, J.B. Pritzker, Kelly Cassidy, Toi Hutchinson, Heather Steans, John Cullerton, Kim Foxx, NAACP, David Welter, Becky Carroll, Jennifer Lee, C-Strategies, The Broad Cast
Pritzker, General Assembly 'get this work done'
Budget, capital bill, sports gambling pass after deadline, joining progressive tax, reproductive rights, legal weed
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Ted CoxJ.B. Pritzker, Bruce Rauner, IEA, Kathi Griffin, Andy Manar, Illinois Capital Bill, Illinois Sports Gambling, Illinois Minimum Wage, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Property Taxes, Illinois Progressive Income Tax, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Education Funding, Illinois Education Association, Rebuild Illinois, Chicago Casino, Lori Lightfoot, Illinois Working Families
Legal weed, Reproductive Health Act pass, along with deadline
Major Pritzker initiatives — sports gambling, capital bill, budget — go down to the wire
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Ted CoxIllinois General Assembly, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Illinois Sports Gambling, Illinois Sports Betting, Reproductive Health Act, Illinois Abortion Rights, Illinois Reproductive Rights, Illinois Capital Bill, Lori Lightfoot, Pritzker Fair Tax, Illinois Progressive Income Tax
Pot proponents cheer Senate, urge House to follow
Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. Gordon-Booth call legalization bill a model for nation
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Ted CoxIllinois Legal Cannabis, Illinois Legalization, Illinois Legal Marijuana, Toi Hutchinson, Jehan Gordon-Booth, Alexander Sharp, Clergy for a New Drug Policy, Bob Morgan, J.B. Pritzker, Illinois AFL-CIO, Timothy Drea, People United for Racial Equity, Edie Moore, Chicago NORML, Clint Brown, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881
Lightfoot calls for 'Chicago renaissance'
New mayor lauds guv on fair tax, seeks Springfield action on infrastructure, casino, legal pot
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