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After negative feedback from some neighbors, Ald. Walter Burnett won't endorse a plan for a dispensary that aims to open at the old Catfish Corner site in Garfield Park.
Pat Nabong/Sun-Times State Rep. La Shawn Ford joined a group of minority cannabis applicants Tuesday to announce plans for legislation that would address the state’s problematic marijuana licensing rollout and create up to 115 new pot shop permits in a move that could vastly expand Illinois’ weed market. During a news conference outside Nature’s Care dispensary in West Town, the Chicago Democrat framed the forthcoming bill as the next step in ensuring Illinois meets its lofty goal of creating equity in the white-dominated cannabis industry. But he acknowledged that work won’t be compl...