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Maryland's plan to create a legal market for cannabis is expected to create a likely billion-dollar industry.

Maryland House Bill 556 (cross-filed with Maryland Senate Bill 516), introduced on February 3, 2023, contains essential provisions for any person or entity interested in participating...

How to bank potential billions from legal marijuana remains a thorny question as federal banking regulations treat cannabis as an illegal drug.

With less than a week left in Maryland’s legislative session, most elements of Maryland’s plan to create a legal market for cannabis have been decided. Bills on track to pass establish details like licenses to be allotted, the types of operators allowed, and provisions to create an equitable market for a likely billion-dollar industry. 

How to bank money from Maryland's marijuana industry is still a thorny question in light of federal banking regulations that treat it as illegal drug money.

$584 million in federal funding has been targeted for businesses in the Delaware Valley under the State Small Business Credit Initiative program.

State Treasurer Fiona Ma and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that the California Pollution Control Financing Authority

SACRAMENTO – State Treasurer Fiona Ma and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced today that the California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA) and CARB have successfully supported small businesses in purchasing over 40,000 cleaner trucks via the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program. With 40,000 cleaner trucks on California roadways, it is the equivalent of removing over 13 million passenger cars from the road and 182 tons per year of particulate matter.

State Treasurer Fiona Ma and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced today that the California Pollution Control Financing Authority and CARB have successfully supported small businesses in purchasing over 40,000 cleaner trucks via the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program. With 40,000 cleaner trucks on California roadways, it is the equivalent of removing over 13 million passenger cars from the road and 182 tons per year of particulate matter.

Funding From U.S. Treasury Department's State Small Business Credit Initiative Will Support Businesses Recovering from Economic Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic.