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Bud and Rita's is set to become the second cannabis dispensary to open in Niles.

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Four years into cannabis legalization in Illinois, celebrations of the April 20 informal weed holiday known as 420 are getting bigger and more widespread. Named for the time of day a group of friends met to get high, 420 has become a chance for marijuana users to publicly share a previously illegal drug and the counter-cultural atmosphere surrounding it. The main event in downtown Chicago ...

Barcelona might no longer be a leading destination for cannabis enthusiasts, as the City Council is considering tightening regulations on access to cannabis social clubs.

A clouted cannabis partnership has dropped its controversial plan to open a store at the former Rainforest Cafe in downtown Chicago. State regulators had rejected a previous proposal by Progressive Treatment Solutions LLC, or PTS Corp., to move its Consume dispensary from Norwood Park to the old Rainforest Cafe at Clark and Ohio streets. The site is within 1,500 feet of three existing ...

A well-connected River North cannabis dispensary has filed suit to try to keep a competitor from opening its doors nearby. GRI Holdings LLC, which operates a Green Rose store, filed suit this week to prevent Bio-Pharm LLC from opening a store two blocks away in the former Rainforest Cafe at Clark and Ohio streets. The suit is against Bio-Pharm and the Illinois Department of Financial and ...

Good morning, Chicago. Cameron Vaughan thought the worst was behind her. The 16-year-old had already told her parents what happened that night in June 2021, and then recounted each excruciating memory to the sexual assault nurses, the Quincy police detectives and Adams County prosecutors. She already endured the three-day bench trial, the questions and comments and the looks aimed at making ...

Even after being awarded a marijuana dispensary license in Illinois, it can still be an uphill battle actually opening the location.

CHICAGO — There’s a battle brewing over the future of a well-known River North property. Under one proposal, a company called Bio-Pharm LLC would open a marijuana dispensary in the 20,000-square-foot building at 605 North Clark Street. The property has been vacant since 2020, when the Rainforest Café closed amid the pandemic. The restaurant chain, […]

Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be a posts by Joe Souza (Monday), John Clark (Tuesday), Maggie Robinson (Thursday), and Kait Carson (Friday). In the news department, here's what's happening with some of us who blog regularly at Maine Crime Writers: Time is running out to enter Maine Crime Writers "Where Would You…