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New craft cannabis licenses are issued amid ongoing turmoil in the Illinois marijuana industry

Illinois' state cannabis regulator was hit with another suit on Wednesday over claims that its lottery program for doling out cannabis licenses is biased and unconstitutional and does not fulfill its initially stated goal of social equity and social justice reform.

The Illinois Supreme Court ordered the consolidation of lawsuits filed by cannabis dispensary license applicants in an attempt to resolve multiple claims challenging the fairness of the licensing process.

Illinois reports winners of 55 marijuana licenses in lottery July 29, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — There are 55 winners of Illinois’ lottery for licenses to operate marijuana retail stores officials said Thursday, but the licenses can’t be awarded until a judge rules on a challenge to the process. Awarding of the licenses by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation have been delayed for more than a year, initially because of COVID-19-related issues. Problems with scoring the applications added to the delay. There were 626 eligible applicants that scored a...