Politics & Policy

Jeff Sessions Goes After Oregon’s Pot

Jeff Sessions Goes After Oregon’s Pot September 13, 2017 | Kiki Genoa Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ most recent correspondence with Governor Kate Brown has left Oregonians wondering how far the Read More

Senate Stunner: Orrin Hatch Passionately Defends Medical Marijuana

Senate Stunner: Orrin Hatch Passionately Defends Medical Marijuana Bruce Barcott | September 13, 2017 In a surprising move, US Sen. Orrin Hatch, a conservative Utah Republican and longtime cannabis prohibitionist,Read More

Ex-senator who opposed smoking pot joins marijuana lobbying group

Ex-senator who opposed smoking pot joins marijuana lobbying group Kenneth Lovett | September 13, 2017 Alfonse D’Amato is going from Senator Pothole to Senator Pot. The former Republican U.S. senator Read More

Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment extended until December

Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment extended until December September 8, 2017 | John Schroyer A key federal law protecting the medical marijuana industry from interference by the U.S. Department of Justice has been Read More

House GOP blocks vote protecting medical marijuana states

House GOP blocks vote protecting medical marijuana states Molly K. Hooper | 09/06/17 Several lawmakers said Wednesday that GOP leaders won’t allow the full House to vote on an amendment that bars Read More

Cities not seeing much tax revenue from marijuana; Legislature diverting it to fund education

Cities not seeing much tax revenue from marijuana; Legislature diverting it to fund education Kaitlin Bain | Sep 4, 2017 More than three years after recreational marijuana sales began in Read More

Gov. Brown mounts vigorous defense of legal pot in Oregon

Gov. Brown mounts vigorous defense of legal pot in Oregon August 22, 2017 | Noelle Crombie Gov. Kate Brown strongly defended Oregon’s marijuana regulations in a letter Tuesday to U.S.Read More

Why the Marijuana Justice Act legalizes marijuana the right way

Why the Marijuana Justice Act legalizes marijuana the right way Jim Patterson | 08/16/17 Earlier this month, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the Marijuana Justice Act. To some, this bill may look like another liberal attempt Read More

Inslee, Ferguson to Sessions: You’re wrong about Washington’s pot system

Inslee, Ferguson to Sessions: You’re wrong about Washington’s pot system Aug. 15, 2017 In measured but firm text, two top Washington officials told the nation’s top law enforcement officer he Read More

The ‘pot momma’ who convinced Washington state to legalise weed

The ‘pot momma’ who convinced Washington state to legalise weed Simon Day | July 29, 2017 Alison Holcomb is known as the architect of marijuana legalisation in Washington state and Read More