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January 1st is a historic day in Montana as people can legally buy recreational marijuana for the first time and many Butte dispensaries are anticipating a busy and uncertain New Year.

January 1st is a historic day in Montana as people can legally buy recreational marijuana for the first time and many Butte dispensaries are anticipating a busy and uncertain New Year.

Attorneys for the city contend the cannabis providers cannot force the city to protect them from competition.

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Three bills debuted in the Montana Legislature during the week of March 29 with vastly different approaches for regulating voter-approved recreational marijuana in the state, and all of them moved forward after a week of whirlwind hearings that nearly left Republican leadership’s favored approach dead in committee. After Montana voters legalized the sale and consumption of recreational marijuana last year by ballot initiative, the Montana Legislature was tasked with implementing a program. Th...

The highly anticipated marijuana implementation bill from Missoula Republican Rep. Mike Hopkins had plenty of critics Wednesday in its first public hearing in the House Business and Labor Committee. Lawmakers are weighing several proposals this week to set the landscape for recreational marijuana. Hopkins House Bill 701 has been under construction for several months with input from the governors office and others. Lawmakers on Wednesday heard input on the policy and regulation proposed in...