Social Equity Applicants Urge Pritzker To Hold Pot Shop Lottery

UpdatedThu, Jun 3, 2021 at 12:44 pm CT
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Toi Hutchinson, at center left, appeared with Douglas Kelly, at left, of the Cannabis Equity Illinois Coalition, State Rep. LaShawn Ford, at center, Rickey Hendon, right center, and Tyrone Muhammed, right, of Ex-Cons for Community and Social Change. (Jonah Meadows/Patch)
CHICAGO — Social equity applicants for state licenses to sell cannabis gathered at a West Side restaurant Wednesday to urge Gov. J.B. Pritzker to quickly sign a recently passed bill authorizing a trio of new lotteries to divvy up pot shop permits.
The group of about two dozen hopeful marijuana merchants was joined by the sponsor of House Bill 1443, State Rep. LaShawn Ford (D-Chicago), and former state Sen. Toi Hutchinson, the governor's top cannabis advisor.

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